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brass neck

noun 2
brass-neck verb 1
forms 4

noun2

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(UK, Ireland) Gall, shamelessness, cheek.
- Theresa May’s former chief of staff has accused the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, of having a “brass neck” after he said the UK government had “blinked first” in negotiations. — 2020
•
(UK, Ireland) A person with gall.
- And it will need a strong hand to wield that knife, and it will need a steady nerve besides, because they have necks of brass, these aristocrats, I tell you: brass necks, all of them! — 2010

brass-neck verb1

(UK, Ireland) To behave boldly or shamelessly.

forms

brass-necked · brass-necking · brass-necks · brass necks

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