Idiom
call someone's bluff
Meaning
To take action on the basis that another person is bluffing.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He said he would quit, so I called his bluff.”
“She threatened to leave the company, but her boss called her bluff and accepted her resignation.”
“The negotiator suspected the opponent was making empty threats, so he decided to call their bluff and refused to lower the price.”
Examples
simple
“He said he would quit, so I called his bluff.”
contextual
“She threatened to leave the company, but her boss called her bluff and accepted her resignation.”
complex
“The negotiator suspected the opponent was making empty threats, so he decided to call their bluff and refused to lower the price.”
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