Bluff
Scheme
Scheme noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: an e-mail scheme to trick unwary Internet users into disclosing passwords and financial information
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good bluff | good scheme |
| elaborate | elaborate bluff | elaborate scheme |
| similar | similar bluff | similar scheme |
| real | real bluff | real scheme |
| Other adjectives: big, great, huge, clever, larger, failed, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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His scheme finally backfires when Gruber calls the bluff and coldly shoots Ellis dead to prove a point to McClane.
Source: Film / Die Hard
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