| 单词 | pull someone's leg |
| 释义 | (idiom) Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg. Synonyms tease He teased me mercilessly about going there. joke Don't get defensive, Charlie. I was only joking. trick He'll be upset when he finds out how you tricked him. fool Art dealers fool a lot of people. kid (informal) Are you sure you're not kidding me? I'm just kidding. have (someone) on rag She was ten years older than the youngsters ragging her. rib (informal) wind up (British, slang) deceive He has deceived and disillusioned us all. hoax He recently hoaxed a number of celebrities. make fun of poke fun at twit chaff lead up the garden path jerk or yank someone's chain (informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of chaff Definition to tease good-naturedly Synonyms tease, mock, rib (informal), ridicule, taunt, jeer, josh (slang, US, Canadian), scoff, banter, deride, take the piss out of (taboo, slang) in the sense of deceive Definition to mislead by lying He has deceived and disillusioned us all. Synonyms take in, trick, fool (informal), cheat, con (informal), kid (informal), stiff (slang), sting (informal), mislead, betray, lead (someone) on (informal), hoax, dupe, beguile, delude, swindle, outwit, ensnare, bamboozle (informal), hoodwink, entrap, double-cross (informal), take for a ride (informal), pull a fast one on (slang), cozen, scam (slang), pull the wool over (someone's) eyes in the sense of fool Definition to deceive (someone), esp. in order to make them look ridiculous Art dealers fool a lot of people. Synonyms deceive, cheat, mislead, delude, kid (informal), trick, take in, con (informal), stiff (slang), have (someone) on, bluff, hoax, dupe, beguile, gull (archaic), swindle, make a fool of, bamboozle, hoodwink, take for a ride (informal), put one over on (informal), play a trick on, pull a fast one on (informal), scam (slang) Nearby words of |
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