Call One's Bluff (Verb)
Meaning
Ask to prove what someone is claiming; "John called Mary's bluff when she claimed she could prove the theorem in under an hour".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The teacher called the student's bluff and asked him to show his math work on the blackboard.
- He called her bluff by challenging her to show the actual data and not just verbal claims.
- When he said he could fix the car, I called his bluff and handed him the wrench.
- They called her bluff by asking for concrete details instead of just vague promises.
- Her friend called her bluff and asked her to prove she could indeed play the guitar by singing a song on the spot.