style it out

present singular third person styles it out · participle present styling it out · participle past styled it out · past styled it out

1. To appear confident.

   You’ve got to fake it until you make it. It’s an oldie but a goodie, because it's true. Many people worry about walking into a room full of strangers, but you have to style it out, appear confident. Everyone will fall for it, and suddenly the reality takes over and you are confident.

   2015 February 21, Abigail Radnor, quoting Beverley Knight, “How I get ready: Beverley Knight”, in The Guardian

2. UKTo pretend not to be embarrassed; to deny that an embarrassing thing ever happened.

   Emergency: One trips while being taken up the aisle. Solution: Style it out. Turn that tumble into a dance move, and keep it up all the way to the altar.

   2011 April 29, Polly Hudson, “Advice for Kate Middleton: If anything goes wrong, style it out...”, in Daily Mirror

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   Is this the smoothest newsreader ever? Joanna Gosling more than made up for missing her cue on BBC News this morning (October 27) with a suave recovery. Gosling was late to start her report, but styled it out with a smooth "belated good morning".

   2015 October 27, Harry Fletcher, “Watch BBC newsreader Joanna Gosling style it out after missing her cue”, in Digital Spy