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

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

"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.

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

"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