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calls someone's bluff

calls someone's bluff is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call someone's bluff.

Meaning of call someone's bluff

Verb

call someone's bluff (third-person singular simple present calls someone's bluff, present participle calling someone's bluff, simple past and past participle called someone's bluff)

  1. (idiomatic) To take action on the basis that another person is bluffing.
    • She was tempted to call his bluff, hardly believing that he would carry out his threat.

Questions about calls someone's bluff

What is calls someone's bluff the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Calls someone's bluff is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call someone's bluff.

Words near calls someone's bluff in the dictionary

  1. calls over
  2. calls roll
  3. calls round
  4. calls someone every name in the book
  5. calls someone everything but a child of God
  6. calls someone's bluff
  7. calls someone's number
  8. calls the shots
  9. calls the tune
  10. calls them as one sees them
  11. calls time

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