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Meaning of put a brave face on | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

Behave confidently about (circumstances that are bad).

Examples

“Nevertheless De Comines put a brave face on the matter, and told the council that he had already received information of the league and had sent dispatches to his master on the subject. 'After dinner,' continues De Comines, […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

put a bug in someone's ear put a cork in it put a crimp in put a damper on put a dent in the universe put a foot wrong