bluff Definisjon på norsk

  • 0 to try to deceive -- bløffe

    • She’d been bluffing throughout the game. Hun hadde bløffet gjennom spillet.

  • 1 an attempt to deceive -- bløff [ masculine ]

    • I called his bluff and asked him to show me the money. Jeg stilte meg tvilende til historien hans, og bad ham vise meg pengene.

    • I could tell it was a bluff. Jeg skjønte at det var en bløff.

  • 2 rough, hearty and frank -- rett fram, barsk, djerv, real

  • 3 to try to deceive by pretending to have something that one does not have -- bløffe

  • 4 an act of bluffing -- bløff(ing)

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Examples of bluff

  • I am sure that no councillor who is, frankly, worth his salt would let himself be bluffed by his officials.

  • The dangerous thing for us to do in the cause of peace is to carry out a series of bluffs.

  • If one is wise, one's policy should be built on the assumption that those who are opposing one on any particular issue are not bluffing.

  • You chose to say that we were bluffing.

  • Apparently the union had advised its members that the management was bluffing.

  • We should not be bluffed by the fear that there will be a collapse in oil prices.

  • We know about the configuration of the mountains and the bluffs.

  • Then even if the people have the sense not to be bluffed, what happens?

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