American Idioms and Expressions

Call Someones Bluff Idiom

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call (someone's) bluff
What does call (someone's) bluff mean?
to force someone to prove that what they are saying is true, to make someone prove that they will really do what they say they will do - usually because you do not believe them (in a card game you tr My girlfriend always said that she did not want to get married so I called her bluff and asked her to marry me. She said yes.

call (someone's) bluff
What does call (someone's) bluff mean?
to try to make someone prove that they can actually do what they say they can The government called the union's bluff when the union threatened to go on strike.


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What does "(no) skin off (someone`s) nose/teeth" mean?
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What does "on one's mind" mean?
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What does " Was my face red!" mean?
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What does "Lose your bottle" mean?
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What does "take the bull by the horns" mean?
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What does "Tread water" mean?
If someone is treading water, they are making no progress.

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