put up a bluff

Example Sentences

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You can’t put up a bluff on that kind of man.

From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold

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

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

"No, I don't know a thing about it, I'll have to put up a bluff!"

From The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure by Edholm, Lizette M.

There was no use to fight or to put up a bluff, the men behind the wall were determined; and while, according to law, they held no title the law was far away.

From Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Coolidge, Dane