put up a bluff

Example Sentences

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"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.

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.

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

"Shall I try to put up a bluff, or fight it out?" he asked, as he stood up to meet them.

From The Slim Princess by Ade, George

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

From Poor White by Anderson, Sherwood