CALL ONE'S BLUFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does call one's bluff mean? 

• CALL ONE'S BLUFF (verb)
  The verb CALL ONE'S BLUFF has 1 sense:

1. ask to prove what someone is claiming

  Familiarity information: CALL ONE'S BLUFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALL ONE'S BLUFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ask to prove what someone is claiming

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

John called Mary's bluff when she claimed she could prove the theorem in under an hour

Hypernyms (to "call one's bluff" is one way to...):

challenge (issue a challenge to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s