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pull someone's leg

Fig. to kid, fool, or trick someone. You don't mean that. You're just pulling my leg. Don't believe him. He's just pulling your leg.

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pull somebody's leg

to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them Is he really angry with me or do you think he's just pulling my leg?

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pull somebody's leg

  (informal)

to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them (usually in continuous tenses) Is he really angry with me or do you think he's just pulling my leg?

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pull (someone's) leg

To play a joke on; tease or deceive.

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