verb, noun, adjective
verb to try to make sb believe that you will do sth that you do not really intend to do, or that you know sth that you do not really know:
[V] I don't think he'll shoot-I think he's just bluffing. [also VN]
PHRASALVERBS
bluff sb into doing sth to make sb do sth by tricking them, especially by pretending you have more experience, knowledge, etc. than you really have
bluff it out to get out of a difficult situation by continuing to deceive sb, especially when they suspect you are not being honest
bluff your way in / out / through
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for bluff is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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Yes — bluff appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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