to bluff
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5.6
- verb
- /blʌf/
:
hacer un farol
- She tried to bluff her way through the negotiation, pretending she had a better offer.
- just bluffing
Or if I bluff, people will believe me.
- Or if I bluff, people will believe me.
- For example, say most human beings don't bluff enough in a certain spot.
- I think that when someone says I'm not bluffing, in most of the cases he actually is.
- He's going to just, he can just bluff everything, right?
- He is he's bluffing the the the West Intel and so on.
- So if AI plays poker, does AI bluff or does it have to or does it have to?
- So that's why, yeah, if you could, if you could just get away with bluffing, maybe.
- But that fellow over there, he's been bluffing.
- Put your cards on the table right from the start rather than trying to bluff us.
- Now I know a yawn Here, see all the So I knew he wasn't bluffing.
- And that finding that balance of how often you should be bluffing is the key challenge of a game of poker.
- How often should your opponent call and how often should you bluff?
Examples
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When you're going to bluff, don't flick your fingernails against your front teeth.
Fiction book (1994) -
It was all I could do to bluff my way out of the room.
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Or if I bluff, people will believe me.
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We must bluff our way through.
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You are bluffing with the best.
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Don't let him bluff you.
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You still want to see if I'm bluffing or not, don't you?
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I'm not bluffing.
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She's bluffing.
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He's just bluffing!
Synonyms
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1.3
To say something that is not true to trick someone
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3.5
To make someone believe something false so you can get what you want
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3.9
To make someone believe something that is not true to get an advantage
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4.8
To pretend you know something when you do not
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8.3
To trick someone by pretending you want to help them
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7.4
Treat someone as stupid to trick or cheat them
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6.0
Pretend to be a person or website online to trick people
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7.5
To make an opponent give up by pretending you have more power
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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6.3
Challenge someone to prove they are serious when you think they are not
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
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7.4
Succeed in a difficult situation by pretending to know what you are doing
Compounds
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bluff To bluff someone as a verb comes from the same idea as the noun, from Dutch bluffen 'to brag' or the picture of 'puffing up' to seem stronger. So to bluff is to pretend you have more power or confidence to make others back down.