put up a bluff

Example Sentences

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As soon as the crowd thinned out, he asked him if he had that locket, and at first Burt put up a bluff.

From Polly of the Hospital Staff by Dowd, Emma C.

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

I'm going to put up a bluff, believing that in her panic she will lead me into the lion's den with the idea of van Heerden making one mouthful of me.

From The Green Rust by Wallace, Edgar

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

Well, before he knows it, he's out and has to put up a bluff of workin' for a livin'.

From Yollop by McCutcheon, George Barr