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bluff your way through something
pretend to know what to do
To bluff your way through something is to pretend that you know enough to deal with it when you do not.
Hear it in real life
Did you understand the presentation?
Not really, but I bluffed my way through the questions.
I had not prepared for the technical questions, so I bluffed my way through the interview.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I bluffed through my way the interview.
Say: I bluffed my way through the interview.
The usual pattern is "bluff one's way through," with "way" before "through."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
bluff your way through something; bluffed my way through it
Your turn: say it out loud
I had not prepared for the technical questions, so I bluffed my way through the interview.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
bluff your way through something
pretend to know what to do
“I had not prepared for the technical questions, so I bluffed my way through the interview.”
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