PULL THE LEG OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pull the leg of mean? 

• PULL THE LEG OF (verb)
  The verb PULL THE LEG OF has 1 sense:

1. tell false information to for fun

  Familiarity information: PULL THE LEG OF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULL THE LEG OF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tell false information to for fun

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

kid; pull the leg of

Context example:

Are you pulling my leg?

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