put up a bluff

Example Sentences

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"Probably wants to put up a bluff as if he don't care," was the clever suggestion of the Baby.

From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Sinclair, Upton

"But before people I've put up a bluff of despising it."

From Questionable Shapes by Howells, William Dean

You should have got a smarter man before you ventured to put up a bluff on me.

From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold

I don't reckon anybody kin tell the distance o' the stars; they only put up a bluff on that.

From Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio by Whipple, Wayne

Of course she may know something, but I fancy it's what you say; that Merriman is getting her to put up a bluff.

From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills