Bluff and Ploy

Bluff

Bluff noun - A steep wall of rock, earth, or ice.

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Ploy and bluff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Bluff".

Nearby Words: bluffing, bluffer, bluffed, bluffy

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Usage example: asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party

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Bluff and ploy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bluff" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

good	good bluff	good ploy
elaborate	elaborate bluff	elaborate ploy
similar	similar bluff	similar ploy
obvious	obvious bluff	obvious ploy
Other adjectives: bold, successful, cunning, clever, deliberate, desperate, intentional, failed.

Also, Ferris almost gets found out at the restaurant when the waiter calls his bluff, but through liberal use of the Indy Ploy he manages to skate through with an even larger, riskier bluff.

Source: Refuge In Audacity / Film
It seems an exceedingly clever ploy (or a bold bluff) to effectively catch the murderer.

Source: Bluffing the Murderer

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