pull someone's leg Meaning If you pull someone's leg, you | TOEFL and Scholarship House

pull someone's leg



Meaning
If you pull someone's leg, you play a joke on them by saying something that isn't true.


For example

I was just pulling Karl's leg when I said Marissa wanted to go out with him, but he believed me and he called her. And now they really are going out!


Joe was just pulling your leg when he said he was going spaghetti picking. Spaghetti doesn't really grow on trees, Sally.
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