double bluffnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdʌb.əl ˈblʌf/us/ˌdʌb.əl ˈblʌf/UKa clever attempt to deceive someone, especially by telling that person the truth when they think you are telling lies
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Faking & pretending
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- affect
- assume
- believe
- bluff
- changeling
- charlatan
- feign
- fraud
- go through the motions idiom
- guise
- impostor
- play at sth
- play possum idiom
- play sth out
- play-acting
- pose as sb
- professed
- purport
- quack
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Examples from literature
- Thus this remarkable system depended for its growth on a double bluff or deception.