bluff (your) way

to deceive others to get what you want.

Some teens used false IDs to bluff their way into casinos.

Usage notes: usually followed by a phrase starting with through, out of, or into, as in the example

• the thinking man's crumpet
• the thinking woman's crumpet
• the third degree
• the three R's
• the tide turns
• the time is ripe
• the tip of the iceberg
• the toast of
• the toast of somewhere
• the tools of the trade
• the tools of trade
• the tools of your trade
• the top brass
• the top dog
• the top flight
• the top of the heap
• the top of the hour
• the top of the ladder
• make ready to do something
• make rounds
• make scarce
• make seem like a picnic
• make sense
• make sense of
• make sense of something