Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call someone's bluff

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: cal-l -some-one's bluff
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take action on the basis that another person is bluffing.

Example Sentences

"She was tempted to call his bluff, hardly believing that he would carry out his threat."
"Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in."

Inflected Forms

calls someone's bluff (present, singular) calling someone's bluff (participle, present) called someone's bluff (participle, past) called someone's bluff (past)

Questions

What does call someone's bluff mean?: To take action on the basis that another person is bluffing.

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