Brazen out

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Hi,1) I came across this sentence and I was wondering if you’d say something like that in a casual conversation or not.“I had to brazen out my geography teacher’s scolding for something I didn’t even do.”2) Do you use ‘give someone the third degree’ when someone is asking way too many questions?“My dad gave me the third degree about the party when I got back home at midnight.”Thank you.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Ann225“I had to brazen out my geography teacher’s scolding for something I didn’t even do.”

The meaning of this is unclear. You should explain it.

CalifJim · Answer

Ann225brazen out

I am a native speaker of English, and this is the first time I have ever heard of the phrasal verb "brazen out".

However, the Collins Dictionary says it means

If you have done something wrong and you brazen it out, you behave confidently in order not to appear ashamed, even though you probably do feel ashamed.

So I don't believe you can use it in your sentence because it has "for something I didn’t even do".

Ann2252) Do you use ‘give someone the third degree’ when someone is asking way too many questions?

No. I say their nosy.

"third degree" applies to asking very accusatory questions that probe into every detail of someone's behavior in an attempt to catch them in wrong-doing.

However, your sentence could be about that kind of situation, so the use of "third degree" there is fine.

CJ

Persian Learner · Answer

"Brazen it out" seems to be a fixed idiom, so you cannot manipulate it like that, even if the meaning was apt.

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