- call one's bluff
- phrasal to challenge in order to expose an empty pretense or threat
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
call one's bluff
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call one's bluff — See bluff, call one s … A concise dictionary of English slang
call one's bluff — challenge someone to prove what they say is true I decided to call his bluff and asked him to show me the evidence … Idioms and examples
call one's bluff — {v. phr.}, {informal} To ask someone to prove what he says he can or will do. (Originally from the card game of poker.) * /Tom said he could jump twenty feet and so Dick called his bluff and said Let s see you do it! / … Dictionary of American idioms
call one's bluff — {v. phr.}, {informal} To ask someone to prove what he says he can or will do. (Originally from the card game of poker.) * /Tom said he could jump twenty feet and so Dick called his bluff and said Let s see you do it! / … Dictionary of American idioms
call\ one's\ bluff — v. phr. informal To ask someone to prove what he says he can or will do. (Originally from the card game of poker.) Tom said he could jump twenty feet and so Dick called his bluff and said Let s see you do it! … Словарь американских идиом
call one's bluff — 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 • Hypernyms: ↑challenge • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * phrasal : to challenge and expose an empty pretense or… … Useful english dictionary
bluff, call one's — Challenge one, in order to reveal the fact that one is indulging in pretence … A concise dictionary of English slang
bluff — See: CALL ONE S BLUFF … Dictionary of American idioms
bluff — See: CALL ONE S BLUFF … Dictionary of American idioms
bluff — See: call one s bluff … Словарь американских идиом
