Pull Someone's Leg (Verb)
Meaning
Subject to a playful hoax or joke.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- Don't mind him, he's just pulling your leg with that outlandish story about his weekend adventures.
- My friend was pulling my leg when he told me he got tickets to the sold-out concert.
- You're not serious, you're just pulling my leg with this get-rich-quick scheme, right?
- I think he's pulling my leg, but he seems genuinely convinced that aliens are real.
- Stop pulling my leg, I know you're not really going to buy me that brand new bike.