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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.