call someone’s bluff
call someone's bluff
challenge someone to carry out a stated intention in the expectation of being able to expose it as a false pretence.
In the game of poker (which was formerly also known by the name of bluff), calling someone's bluff meant making an opponent show their hand in order to reveal that its value was weaker than their heavy betting suggested.
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