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.
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
Having at that time nothing to support his pretensions he decided to put up a bluff.
From Poor White by Anderson, Sherwood
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
And you inconsequently decided to put up a bluff of this kind on the British nation because Esmond might involve in difficulties a girl with whom you are not in love.
From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold
