Talk:bluff out

RFD discussion: November 2017–April 2018

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bluff out

This doesn't seem idiomatic to me. — SGconlaw (talk) 09:33, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

For some reason people feel that a verb plus adverbial out usually makes a "phrasal verb". This one might be a bit like fake out. DCDuring (talk) 13:32, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

And see “bluff out”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.. DCDuring (talk) 13:48, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

So is that a vote for deletion? — SGconlaw (talk) 03:27, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

The meaning of "bluff out" that I know typically has a dummy "it" as its object, i.e. "bluff it out", meaning try to bluff one's way through a situation. Mihia (talk) 01:40, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

That's why it looks to me just like bluff + out, which makes it SoP. — SGconlaw (talk) 03:27, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

My feeling is that bluff out, tough out, brave out, etc. are sufficiently unpredictable and idiomatic to deserve separate entries. Mihia (talk) 04:06, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

• Err on the side of keep, after all the time bold deletes did not come. Indeed, I tend to view verb combinations using "out" as inclusion worthy. Is in McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs[1]. Admittedly, this is more of a borderline case; by contrast, make out is easily included as idiomatic, and “make out”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. has M-W and other lemming heavyweights. --Dan Polansky (talk) 08:18, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

  OK, passed as I'm not seeing any strong call for deletion. — SGconlaw (talk) 06:30, 18 April 2018 (UTC)