call .'s bluff
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call your bluff — ◇ If you have made a bluff or a threat and people call your bluff, they tell you to do the thing you have threatened to do because they do not believe that you will really do it. When she threatened to quit her job, her boss called her bluff and… … Useful english dictionary
call your bluff — call (your) bluff to make someone do what they said they will do. He said he would help, and now his opponents have called his bluff and asked him to provide the funds. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of calling a bluff in a card game (=… … New idioms dictionary
Call My Bluff — infobox television show name = Call My Bluff caption = format = Game show runtime = 30 minutes creator = starring = Robin Ray Frank Muir Robert Morley Joe Melia Peter Wheeler Patrick Campbell Robert Robinson Arthur Marshall Bob Holness Alan Coren … Wikipedia
call his bluff — challenge his story, give it to me straight, put up or shut up When I called his bluff about low profits, he admitted that the company made 11 million … English idioms
call someone's bluff — To expose or challenge someone s show of strength, confidence, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑bluff * * * call someone’s bluff phrase to ask someone to do what they are threatening to do because you believe they do not intend to do it, but want to trick… … Useful english dictionary
call bluff — call (your) bluff to make someone do what they said they will do. He said he would help, and now his opponents have called his bluff and asked him to provide the funds. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of calling a bluff in a card game (=… … New idioms dictionary
call someone's bluff — If you call someone s bluff, you challenge them to do what they threaten to do (while believing that they will not dare to do it). After the neighbour s threats to demolish the fence, when Jack decided to call his bluff, there were no more … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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
bluff — Ⅰ. bluff [1] ► NOUN ▪ an attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or will do something. ► VERB ▪ try to deceive someone as to one s abilities or intentions. ● call someone s bluff Cf. ↑call someone s bluff … English terms dictionary
call someone's bluff — call (someone s) bluff to make someone prove that what they are saying is true, or to make someone prove that they will really do what they say they will do, because you do not believe them. Alice called his bluff and dared him to tell everyone… … New idioms dictionary
call bluff — call (someone s) bluff to make someone prove that what they are saying is true, or to make someone prove that they will really do what they say they will do, because you do not believe them. Alice called his bluff and dared him to tell everyone… … New idioms dictionary
