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.
See also: joke, play

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ThỊ-Vietnamese
DulceDOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
Reyhangul-Uyghur
Petras-Lithuanian
Narangerel-Mongolian
Marcia['ma:sjə]