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pull someone's leg

pull someone's leg

Play a joke on, tease, as in Are you serious about moving back in or are you pulling my leg? This term is thought to allude to tripping someone by so holding a stick or other object that one of his legs is pulled back. [Late 1800s]
See also: leg, pull

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Massimomahs-SEE-moItalian
Chinwe-Western African, Igbo
Audhild-Norwegian
ClÍOna-Irish
Ognian-Bulgarian
DetlefDET-lef (Low German)Low German, German
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