Meaning & use
blind man's bluff game
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Meaning
nouncountable
A children's game in which one player is blindfolded and tries to catch the others.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a blind man's bluff game' or 'play blind man's bluff games'.
Patterns
- play blind man's bluff game
- a game of blind man's bluff
At the birthday party, the kids played a blind man's bluff game in the garden.
In the blind man's bluff game, the blindfolded player has to tag someone to win.
Word forms
| plural | blind man's bluff games |
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Common combinations
- play a blind man's bluff game
- The children wanted to play a blind man's bluff game after lunch.
- a game of blind man's bluff
- They started a game of blind man's bluff in the living room.
- blindfolded player
- The blindfolded player in the blind man's bluff game spun around three times.
Synonyms and how they differ
- blindman's buff
- 'Blindman's buff' is the older British name for the same game; 'blind man's bluff' is more common in American English.
Commonly confused: blind man's bluff game or blind bluff?
blind man's bluff game vs blind bluff
'Blind bluff' is not a standard game; it might be confused with 'blind man's bluff', which is the correct name.
Practice
In a blind man's bluff game, what does the blindfolded player do?
Choose one answer.
In blind man's bluff, the blindfolded player tries to catch the others, so option An is correct. The other options describe different games or activities.
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