"double bluff" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: double bluffs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double bluff (plural double bluffs)
  1. An action which is intended to be perceived as a bluff, but which is not. Categories (topical): Two Related terms: triple bluff, quadruple bluff Translations (false bluff): 空城計 (Chinese Mandarin), 空城计 (kōngchéngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), cur i gcéill dúbailte [masculine] (Irish)

Inflected forms

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