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pressure-bluffing

adjective /presh-er-bluf-ing/

Claiming a false resilience to deadlines that collapses entirely the instant a real deadline actually arrives.

“He's total pressure-bluffing, says he thrives under it and then spirals the second it's due tomorrow.”

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adjective
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/presh-er-bluf-ing/

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Life domain
Work & learning

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