bluff : Idioms & Phrases
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blindman's bluff
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noun a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players
blindman's buff.
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bluff out
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verb deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
bluff.
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bluff-bowed
Bluff"-bowed` adjective
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(Naut.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Webster 1913
bluff-headed
Bluff"-head`ed adjective
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(Naut.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Webster 1913
call one's bluff
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verb ask to prove what someone is claiming
- John called Mary's bluff when she claimed she could prove the theorem in under an hour
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council bluffs
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noun a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha
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pine bluff
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noun a town in southeast central Arkansas on the Arkansas River
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poplar bluff
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noun a town in southeast Missouri