pull someone's leg
Verb
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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 0553278193, 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 0553278193, page 111:
- French: mener en bateau, faire marcher
- German: durch den Kakao ziehen, in die Irre führen, verarschen
- Italian: prendere in giro
- Russian: дразни́ть
- Spanish: picar a alguien cizañear meter cizaña, sacar picas, provocar, tomar el pelo, buscarle a alguien las cosquillas
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