"bluff out" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈblʌf aʊt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-bluff out.ogg [Australia] Forms: bluffs out [present, singular, third-person], bluffing out [participle, present], bluffed out [participle, past], bluffed out [past]
Rhymes: -aʊt Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bluff out (third-person singular simple present bluffs out, present participle bluffing out, simple past and past participle bluffed out)
  1. (transitive) To deceive (someone) in order to convince them to give up. Tags: transitive Related terms: bluff, bluffer, bluffing [noun]
    Sense id: en-bluff_out-en-verb-aE9LJWkV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The older man eyed him for a moment balefully. \"I'm goin' to set 'em again,\" he replied, \"and don't you touch 'em. I'm goin' to trap where I durn please. There's two of you, but you don't bluff me out, not any.\"",
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          "text": "Consistent predatory pricing makes the potential entrants believe that the predator is a low-cost firm. At least, they revise their beliefs and presume that the probability of the predator being a low-cost firm is very high. In this case, if the predator is not a low-cost firm, it successfully bluffs out the potential entrants through false signalling.",
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          "text": "Consistent predatory pricing makes the potential entrants believe that the predator is a low-cost firm. At least, they revise their beliefs and presume that the probability of the predator being a low-cost firm is very high. In this case, if the predator is not a low-cost firm, it successfully bluffs out the potential entrants through false signalling.",
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