put up a bluff
Example Sentences
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"Shall I try to put up a bluff, or fight it out?" he asked, as he stood up to meet them.
From The Slim Princess by George Ade
There was no use to fight or to put up a bluff, the men behind the wall were determined; and while, according to law, they held no title the law was far away.
From Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Dane Coolidge
"No, I don't know a thing about it, I'll have to put up a bluff!"
From The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure by Lizette M. Edholm
And you inconsequently decided to put up a bluff of this kind on the British nation because Esmond might involve in difficulties a girl with whom you are not in love.
From Delilah of the Snows by Harold Bindloss
Under that stare he got as white as a sheet, but he tried to put up a bluff.
From The Girl at Central by Geraldine Bonner
