play a joke

play a joke (on somebody)

to do something that makes someone look foolish Richard called and said I had won ten thousand dollars, and it took me a second to realize he was playing a joke on me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Momoko	mo-mo-ko	Japanese
Ruggero	rood-JE-ro	Italian
Julie	zhuy-LEE (French), YOO-lee-e (Danish), YUW-lye (Czech), JOO-lee (English)	French, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
Atifa	-	Arabic
Shahriar	-	Persian
Nima (1)	-	Arabic