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Verb: pull someone's leg
  1. Subject to a playful hoax or joke
    - hoax, play a joke on, prank

Derived forms: pulling someone's leg, pulls someone's leg, pulled someone's leg

Type of: cozen [literary], deceive, delude, lead on

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pull chain
pull down
pull in
pull in one's horns
pull off
pull one's weight
pull out
pull out all the stops
pull over
pull round
pull someone's leg
pull strings
pull tab
pull the leg of
pull the plug
pull the wool over someone's eyes
pull through
pull together
pull up
pull up short
pull up stakes