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What is another word for pulls one's leg?

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Contexts

To tease, typically in a good-natured way

To tell a joke or talk in a playful manner

To obtain money or favors by intimidation, violence, or the misuse of authority

To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information

Verb

To tease, typically in a good-natured way

pulls someone's chain

pulls someone's leg

takes the mickey

has a joke on somebody

takes the piss out of

makes a monkey out of

makes a fool of

pokes mullock at

holds up to ridicule

makes jokes about

treats with contempt

plays a practical joke

puts someone on

holds up to shame

laughs out of court

makes a game of

exposes to ridicule

makes a laughing-stock

makes someone a laughing stock

makes a monkey of

treats contemptuously

shows contempt for

takes for a ride

plays a joke on

leads up the garden path

plays a trick on

takes a rise out of

plays a practical joke on

gets a rise out of

makes a joke of

tears to pieces

has a joke with

does a number on

does an impression of

does a takeoff of

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“He was forever trying to pull one's leg. One had to be on guard against his heartless mischief.”

Verb

To tell a joke or talk in a playful manner

makes jokes about

pokes mullock at

takes the mickey

makes a monkey of

pulls someone's leg

takes the piss out of

gives a hard time

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Verb

To obtain money or favors by intimidation, violence, or the misuse of authority

Verb

To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information

propagandises^UK

propagandizes^US

does a number on

puts on false front

takes for a ride

gives wrong information to

leads down the garden path

leads up the garden path

puts on the wrong track

puts up smoke screen

gives someone a bum steer

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

throws off the scent

sends on a wild goose chase

puts one over on

pulls a fast one on

pulls a swifty on

takes to the cleaners

leads up garden path

takes advantage of

plays games with

gives the wrong impression

gets the better of

pulls a fast one

makes a sucker of

pulls someone's leg

gives bum steer

sells down the river

breaks the rules

outmaneuvers^US

outmanoeuvres^UK

makes a fool of

does the dirty on

steals a march on

stabs in the back

sells a bill of goods to

takes to cleaners

plays a trick on

runs rings round

sells a bill of goods

makes rings round

plays for a sucker

does someone in the eye

puts someone up to something

pulls wool over

plays for a fool

plays fast and loose with

slips something over on

gives the runaround

sends on a wild-goose chase

bends the rules

stacks the cards

hits below the belt

stretches the rules

pulls something funny

plays someone false

breaks faith with

makes somebody look an idiot

makes a monkey out of

makes a monkey of

sweeps off feet

twists around your little finger

lays a trap for

goes one better than

finds a loophole in

interferes with

exploits a loophole in

tells a terminological inexactitude

stretches the truth

makes up a story

tells a falsehood

concocts a story

tells a white lie

forswears oneself

says something untrue

bears false witness

commits perjury

puts up a front

perjures oneself

tells an untruth

departs from the truth

invents a story

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Nearby Words

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pulls oneself along

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