put up a bluff
Example Sentences
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"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
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.
Of course she may know something, but I fancy it's what you say; that Merriman is getting her to put up a bluff.
From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills
Them guys ain't good fur nuthin but to wear tin stars and put up a bluff.
From Bert Wilson in the Rockies by Duffield, J. W.
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
