styling it out

Verb

style it out (third-person singular simple present styles it out, present participle styling it out, simple past and past participle 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. (UK) To 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