bluff in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bluff in the English»French Dictionary

I.bluff [Brit blʌf, Am bləf] N

1. bluff (ruse):

bluff

bluff m

2. bluff:

bluff (bank)

escarpement m

bluff (cliff)

falaise f

II.bluff [Brit blʌf, Am bləf] ADJ

bluff person, manner:

bluff

carré

III.bluff [Brit blʌf, Am bləf] VB trans

bluff

bluffer inf

to bluff sb into thinking sth

faire croire qc à qn

to bluff one's way out of a situation

se tirer d'une situation en bluffant

IV.bluff [Brit blʌf, Am bləf] VB intr

bluff

bluffer

he's (only) bluffing

il bluffe

V.bluff [Brit blʌf, Am bləf]

to call sb's bluff

prendre qn au mot (sachant qu'il bluffe)

it's time we called his bluff

il est temps qu'on le mette au pied du mur

to bluff it (out)

s'en tirer en bluffant or au bluff

double bluff N

double bluff

fait de dire la vérité à quelqu'un en faisant croire que c'est un mensonge

Translations for bluff in the French»English Dictionary

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bluff

bluff

ce n'est que du bluff

it's only a bluff

avoir qn au bluff

to bluff sb

bluffer adversaire

to bluff

bluffer

to bluff

bluffer

to bluff

une partie de poker fig

a game of bluff

y aller au flan

to bluff

y aller au culot

to bluff

char inf

bluff

mettre qn au pied du mur

to call sb's bluff

bluff in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bluff in the English»French Dictionary

I.bluff¹ [blʌf] VB intr

bluff

bluffer

II.bluff¹ [blʌf] VB trans

to bluff sb into doing sth

bluffer pour que qn fasse qc (subj)

to bluff one's way out of trouble

se sortir d'affaire en bluffant

III.bluff¹ [blʌf] N

bluff

bluff m

to call sb's bluff

prendre qn au mot

I.bluff² [blʌf] N

bluff

à-pic m

II.bluff² <-er, -est> [blʌf] ADJ

bluff

à pic

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

to call sb's bluff

mettre qn au pied du mur

Translations for bluff in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

bluff

bluff

bluffer

to bluff

esbroufe

bluff

un joli coup d'esbroufe

a fine bluff

faire de l'esbroufe

to bluff

y aller à l'esbroufe

to bluff one's way through

arracher un marché à l'esbroufe

to bluff one's way into a deal

tu ne nous la feras pas à l'esbroufe

we're calling your bluff

bluff Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to bluff sb into doing sth

bluffer pour que qn fasse qc (subj)

to bluff one's way out of trouble

se sortir d'affaire en bluffant

to call sb's bluff

prendre qn au mot

to call sb's bluff

mettre qn au pied du mur

to bluff one's way into a deal

arracher un marché à l'esbroufe

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Thus, the bluff is false information that can lead to incorrect higher bids being made on that face value.

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Bluffs in liar's dice can be split into two main categories: early bluffs and late bluffs.

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Players will thus attempt to trick other players into overbidding by use of early bluffs to inflate a particular face value.

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Even when the charges are more serious, prosecutors often can still bluff defense attorneys and their clients into pleading guilty to a lesser offense.

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At present, hay fields and cattle ranches occupy most of the bluff.

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The house included a subterranean excavation or cave in the tufa bluff directly to the rear of the building.

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The course drops 225 ft from its highest point down to the bluff, 180 ft above lake level and has 3100 ft of lake frontage.

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The other player may either call a higher-ranking hand, call the bluff, or re-roll some or all of their dice.

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After infiltrating the vault and after several series of bluffs and cons, the group succeeds in stealing $160 million.

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