put up a bluff

Example Sentences

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I don't reckon anybody kin tell the distance o' the stars; they only put up a bluff on that.

From Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio by Whipple, Wayne

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

Having at that time nothing to support his pretensions he decided to put up a bluff.

From Poor White by Anderson, Sherwood

"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

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