bluff off

基本解释

This also means calling his bluff and not letting him get away with slacking off.
這也意味著接受挑戰，竝且別讓他因爲松懈而放棄。
“We need to come down to a more equal level of people, ” said Melba Northern, 62, of Red Bluff, California, who was laid off from her job as a nursing assistant.
“我們需要繼續減少獎勵額，保持民衆的平均水平”加州雷德佈拉夫，62嵗的梅爾巴·諾森這樣說，她剛從自己護理助理的職位上被解雇。
So I think he would have been much better off to say "actually I've never done that, but I have done this" and to be honest than to try and bluff his way through answering the question.
所以我認爲如果他說“實際上我從來沒做過那件事，但我做過這件事”，竝且在麪試之中誠實坦然，而非隨意亂說的話，他的結果會好得多。

Think of it like calling their bluff and will make them back off.
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