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cheek it through

cheek it through verb: to endure with an air of unearned confidence.

Verb

cheek it through (third-person singular simple present cheeks it through, present participle cheeking it through, simple past and past participle cheeked it through)

  1. (US, dated, intransitive, slang) To endure with an air of unearned confidence.
    • He's cheeking it through that class, and the surprising thing is, it's working!

Forms of cheek it through

third-person singular presentcheeks it through
present participlecheeking it through
past participlecheeked it through
pastcheeked it through

Questions about cheek it through

What does cheek it through mean?
Cheek it through means to endure with an air of unearned confidence.
What part of speech is cheek it through?
Cheek it through is a verb.
What is the past tense of cheek it through?
The past tense of cheek it through is cheeked it through.

Words near cheek it through in the dictionary

  1. cheek by jowl
  2. cheek for chowl
  3. cheek guard
  4. cheek guards
  5. cheek it out
  6. cheek it through
  7. cheek plate
  8. cheek plates
  9. cheek pouch
  10. cheek pouches
  11. cheek teeth

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