to call sb's bluff

to call sb's bluff
1. (pretence) 虚张声势；恐吓
- The letter was a bluff. 这是一封恐吓信。
- It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff. 重要的是, 要提高军事打击的可能性, 并表明这并非虚张声势。
2. (cliff) 悬崖；峭壁；陡岸
- a high bluff over the Congaree River 康加里河上的一处悬崖峭壁
3. <加拿大> (copse) 灌木丛；矮树林
4. to call sb's bluff
(challenge) 接受某人的挑战；让某人做其威胁要做的事(因为确信对方不会真的那么做)
- The Socialists have decided to call the opposition's bluff. 社会党人决定接受反对党的挑战。
- Friends say I should call her bluff and agree to separate. 朋友们说我应该就按她所威胁的那样, 同意分居。
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