put up a bluff

Example Sentences

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Under that stare he got as white as a sheet, but he tried to put up a bluff.

From The Girl at Central by Bonner, Geraldine

You can’t put up a bluff on that kind of man.

From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold

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

"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 Edholm, Lizette M.

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