call someone's bluff

短语

指出对方外强中干, 揭破对方虚张声势

发音

AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To take action on the basis that another person is bluffing.

    习语

    She was tempted to call his bluff, hardly believing that he would carry out his threat.