pull a prank (on someone)

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pull a prank (on someone)

To carry out a trick, deception, or practical joke (against someone). It turns out that the supposed alien visitors that people had been seeing were just a bunch of teenagers pulling a prank on the town. I've got a great plan to pull a prank on the school for April Fools' Day. The fake article had been in print in the renowned scientific journal for more than a week before its author revealed that he had pulled a prank when he decided to submit it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Berta	BER-tah (Polish, German, Italian)	Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene
Tobias	to-BEE-ahs (German), tə-BIE-əs (English)	Biblical, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Viljami	VEEL-yah-mee	Finnish
Nikol	-	Czech, Bulgarian
Quintus	KWIN-tuws (Ancient Roman), KWIN-təs (English)	Ancient Roman
Ulick	-	Irish