put up a bluff

Example Sentences

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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 Coolidge, Dane

"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

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'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

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.