의미: bluff

★bluff¹ a.

1a <해안 등이> 절벽의, 험한, 깎아지른 듯한

b <뱃머리가> 넓고 뭉툭한

2 퉁명스러운; 솔직한
━ n. (강·호수·바다에 면한 폭이 넓은) 절벽, 깎아지른 갑각(岬角)
bluff·ly ad. bluff·ness n.
▷ blúffy a.

call someone s bluff 관용구

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.

call one's bluff

Idiom(s): call one's bluff

Theme: CHALLENGE

to demand that someone prove a claim; to demonstrate that a person is or is not being deceptive.
• All right, I'll call your bluff Show me you can do it!
• Tom said, "I've got a gun here in my pocket, and I'll shoot if you come any closer!" "Go ahead," said Bill, calling his bluff.

call one's bluff|bluff|call

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!"

bluff

bluff
see call someone's bluff.

call someone's bluff

call someone's bluff
Expose someone's deception, invite a showdown, as in I don't believe they have enough capital; I'm going to call their bluff. This term comes from poker, where bluffing (pretending) that one has better cards than one's opponents is an intrinsic part of the game, and calling someone's bluff means forcing them to show their cards. By the late 1800s it was being applied to other enterprises. Also see show one's hand.

bluff

bluff
see call someone's bluff.

call his bluff

challenge his story, accord it to me straight, put up or shut up When I alleged his barefaced about low profits, he accepted that the aggregation fabricated 11 million.

call one's bluff

Idiom(s): call one's bluff

Theme: CHALLENGE

to appeal that addition prove a claim; to authenticate that a actuality is or is not actuality deceptive.
• All right, I'll alarm your barefaced Appearance me you can do it!
• Tom said, "I've got a gun actuality in my pocket, and I'll shoot if you appear any closer!" "Go ahead," said Bill, calling his bluff.

call one's bluff|bluff|call

v. phr., informal To ask addition to prove what he says he can or will do. (Originally from the agenda bold of poker.) Tom said he could jump twenty anxiety and so Dick alleged his barefaced and said "Let's see you do it!"

call someone's bluff

call someone's bluff
Expose someone's deception, allure a showdown, as in I don't accept they accept abundant capital; I'm activity to alarm their bluff. This appellation comes from poker, area backbiting (pretending) that one has bigger cards than one's opponents is an built-in allotment of the game, and calling someone's barefaced agency banishment them to appearance their cards. By the backward 1800s it was actuality activated to added enterprises. Also see show one's hand. Dictionary

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call someone s bluff 관용구

call his bluff

call one's bluff

call one's bluff|bluff|call

bluff

call someone's bluff

bluff

call his bluff

call one's bluff

call one's bluff|bluff|call

call someone's bluff

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