I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
double bluff
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■ NOUN
way
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They will have to fight or bluff their way through.
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Jody keeps Sally in for twenty-three minutes, watching her pick up the offensive plays and bluff her way through the defense.
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He'd tried to bluff and bully his way out of his terrible mistake, but Volkov wouldn't be intimidated.
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It must be important for her to have driven all the way up north and bluff her way into his house.
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But then most of us could probably bluff our way into a second division club with a bit of nous.
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If she looked as though she knew what she was doing, she might just be able to bluff her way through.
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Now her plan to bluff her way through had been reduced to a pitiful shambles.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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They're not bluffing when they say this could start a civil war.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Amanda knew him well enough to suspect that he might be bluffing.
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If he bids high, is he bluffing, or does he actually hold a strong hand?
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Remember the hands you were dealt, the full-house of love, the ace-high you bluffed on.
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The complexity arises when all players know how to bluff and double-bluff.
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The prospect of scaring off awkward media revelations will always provide a great temptation for Attorneys to bluff .
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This would be a pity if the Attorney were bluffing.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
double
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And assuming, of course, the call wasn't a double bluff .
■ VERB
call
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Lord Hill called his bluff by threatening to make public the reason why the programme could not be shown.
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I said, calling his bluff .
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When some one calls your bluff , you best ignore him.
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Should I call his bluff and place the ball exactly where he was pointing?
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When the drugs companies insisted on time to prepare a response, Judge Bernard Ngoepe called their bluff .
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But you daren't take the risk of trying it on in case I was calling your bluff and would refuse you.
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Dare they call her bluff and just let her get on with whatever she thought she could do to inconvenience them?
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The students had called the authorities' bluff with their protests and shown solidarity across the country.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Johnson said the threats were pure bluff .
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Working as a trader makes me sensitive to the little bluffs people use.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Culley had climbed a small bluff and crouched down on his heels to clear the skyline.
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Dove slid down the rope, his feet skipping over the craggy face of the bluff toward the boy.
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From the interstate highway which runs nearby, nothing about this bluff looks any different from thousands of others.
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His bluff , finally, had been called.
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Most stayed, under the shadowy evergreens, among the tall sycamores and beeches on the bluff above the water.
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The trick is to live long enough to put your young bluffs to use.
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This was a game of bluffs and double bluffs.
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When some one calls your bluff , you best ignore him.
III. adjective
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a big, bluff man with a nice smile