four-flush
Pretend having more
Four-flush comes from poker, where a four-flush is four cards of the same suit—one short of a winning flush.
To four-flush is to bluff or deceive, pretending to hold a stronger hand than you do.
Extended beyond cards, it means to fake credentials or promise more than you can deliver: He four-flushed his way into the job.
A four-flusher is a fraud or bluffer.
Calculated false front
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- smokescreenConcealment through misdirection
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
pretense · bravado · swagger · front · facade · show · empty threat · intimidation
deceive
Cause false belief
con · hoax · mislead · dupe · hoodwink · bamboozle · trick · cheat · impostor · charlatan
bluff
Calculated false front
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- smokescreenConcealment through misdirection
ruse · pretense · bravado · swagger · front · facade · show · empty threat · intimidation · false confidence
draw
Create with pencil
bluff · tell · pot · stakes · ante · showdown · table · dealer · odds · hold'em
four-flushgenuine
Truly what it claims
authentic · real · bona fide · legitimate · true
four-flushtell the truth
Communicate facts honestly
be honest · come clean · level with · lay one's cards on the table · be authentic
four-flushdeliver
Transport to recipient
back it up · come through · prove oneself · make good · walk the walk
four, flush, fours, fourth, fourths, fourteen, fourteenth, forty, fortieth