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
Lambert	['læmbət]
Yevpraksiya	-	Russian
Absalom	AB-sə-lahm (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin
DenİZ	-	Turkish
Bethania	-	Spanish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Thomas	TAHM-əs (English), TOM-əs (English), to-MAH (French), TO-mahs (German, Dutch), tho-MAHS (Greek)	English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblica