Definitions
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- noun A
bluff made in response to anopponent 's bluff; acounterploy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jane Austen was also writing about dating, but in her day the rules were very clear, whereas now it's a quagmire of bluff and counterbluff.
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Not the words, the personal histories, the moral advantage or disadvantage, whatever maneuvers of bluff and counterbluff might ornament the moment.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Not the words, the personal histories, the moral advantage or disadvantage, whatever maneuvers of bluff and counterbluff might ornament the moment.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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Not the words, the personal histories, the moral advantage or disadvantage, whatever maneuvers of bluff and counterbluff might ornament the moment.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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