leg-pull

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İngilizce - İngilizce
a joke in which you make someone believe something that is not true
as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true
pull somebody's leg
To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying

I hadn't pulled Mrs. Barstow's leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn't my fault.

pull the other leg
In imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said
pull one's leg
(deyim) Deceive someone playfully, hoax
pull someone's leg
(deyim) to make someone believe something that isn't true. -Have I really pass the exam? Or are you pulling my leg?
pull someone's leg
Subject to a playful hoax or joke(synonym) hoax, play a joke on
pull one's leg
fool, make fun of
pull someone's leg
fool someone, make fun of someone
pull the leg of
tell false information to for fun; "Are you pulling my leg?
leg-pull