pull someone's leg

verb

subject to a playful hoax or joke

• Syn: ↑hoax, ↑play a joke on

• Derivationally related forms: ↑hoax (for: ↑hoax), ↑hoaxer (for: ↑hoax)

• Hypernyms: ↑deceive, ↑lead on, ↑delude, ↑cozen

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s somebody

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TEASE, rag, make fun of, chaff, jest, joke with, play a (practical) joke on, play a trick on, make a monkey out of; hoax, fool, deceive, lead on, hoodwink, dupe, beguile, gull; informal kid, have on, rib, take for a ride, take the mickey out of; Brit. informal wind up; N. Amer. informal put on.

→ leg

 

TEASE, fool, play a trick on, rag, pull the wool over someone's eyes; informal kid, rib, lead up the garden path, take for a ride; Brit. informal wind up, have on.

→ pull

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pull someone's leg

To make a playful attempt to hoax or deceive someone

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Main Entry: ↑leg

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pull someone's leg see under ↑leg

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Main Entry: ↑pull

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pull someone’s leg phrase

to tell someone something that is not true, as a joke

I think he was just pulling your leg.

Thesaurus: to tell a joke or jokes_synonym

Main entry: pull

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deceive someone playfully; tease someone

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pull someone's leg

informal : to make someone believe something that is not true as a joke : to trick or lie to someone in a playful way

I panicked when he said the test was tomorrow, but then I realized he was just pulling my leg.

When I got mad, she finally admitted that she was pulling my leg.

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Main Entry: ↑leg