call somebody’s bluff

成語所屬單字call

call somebody’s bluff — 慣用語

1. To challenge someone to do what they threaten, because you think they will not d

1.慣用語
釋義

戳破虛張聲勢

To challenge someone to do what they threaten, because you think they will not do it.

例句

When he threatened to quit, his boss called his bluff.

She decided to call his bluff and see if he would really jump.