pull someone's leg
English
Verb
- (idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 111:
- I hadn't pulled Mrs. Barstow's leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn't my fault.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 111:
Translations
to tease someone
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See also
- yank someone’s chain
- have a lend of
- make a fool of
- wind up
- kid
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