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PULL THE LEG OF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tell false information to for fun
Example:
Are you pulling my leg?
Synonyms:
kid; pull the leg of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "pull the leg of" is one way to...):
befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in (fool or hoax)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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