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call one's bluff

[call one's bluff] {v. phr.}, {informal} To ask someone to prove what he says he can or will do. (Originally from the card game of poker.) * /Tom said he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

call

[call] See: [AT CALL], [AT ONE'S BECK AND CALL], [CLOSE CALL], [ON CALL], [PORT OF CALL], [POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK], [WITHIN CALL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

on call

[on call] {adj. phr.} 1. Having to be paid on demand. * /Jim didn't have the money ready even though he knew the bill was on call./ 2. Ready and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

American Idioms

American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases is based on original book by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner and J.E. Gates - "A Dictionary of American Idioms". Please, […] Dictionary of American Idioms