put up a bluff

Example Sentences

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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.

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

Under that stare he got as white as a sheet, but he tried to put up a bluff.

From The Girl at Central by Bonner, Geraldine

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

From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold

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