bluff out

Verb

bluff out (third-person singular simple present bluffs out, present participle bluffing out, simple past and past participle bluffed out)

1. (transitive) To deceive (someone) in order to convince them to give up.
   • He really thought, however, he had heard Col. Macy speak in high terms of young Mr. Ashley as a favored suitor; and Miss Adelaide always seemed pleased with his attentions; he wouldn't be bluffed out of that, any way.1856, C[aroline] A. Hayden, chapter X, in Carrie Emerson; or, Life at Cliftonville, 2nd edition, Boston, Mass.: James French and Company, →OCLC, page 117
   • There are games of cards known as "bluff" and "poker," played by the most rash and reckless gamblers, in which a player loses all his stake unless he can keep on increasing it as fast as his adversaries; and many a luckless wight has been "bluffed" out of his savings on the Stock Exchange in the...1870 July, “Advice to People about to Speculate in Wall Street”, in William B. Dana, editor, The Merchants’ Magazine and Commercial Review, volume 63, New York, N.Y.: William B. Dana, […], →OCLC...