pulling one's leg
phrase
as in deceiving
to cause to believe what is untrue He was just pulling your leg when he said he won the lottery. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- deceiving
- tricking
- fooling
- sucking in
- stringing along
- taking in
- having on
- gammoning
- leading one up the garden path
- pulling the wool over one's eyes
- faking out
- leading one down the garden path
- kidding
- doing a number on
- teasing
- misleading
- putting on
- buffaloing
- juggling
- hornswoggling
- stinging
- duping
- humbugging
- having
- gaffing
- bluffing
- catching
- suckering
- snowing
- hoodwinking
- gulling
- cozening
- burning
- misguiding
- cheating
- deluding
- hoaxing
- conning
- beguiling
- misinforming
- spoofing
- bamboozling
- snookering
- gypping
- sticking
- flimflamming
- euchring
- bleeding
- defrauding
- swindling
- shortchanging
- fleecing
- mulcting
- rooking
- hustling
- skinning
- chiseling
- diddling
- squeezing
- chiselling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- showing up
- revealing
- exposing
- uncovering
- disclosing
- debunking
- unmasking
- undeceiving
- telling
- unveiling
- divulging
- uncloaking
- disillusioning
- disabusing
- disenchanting
- throw away
- throw by
- throw caution to the wind
- throw cold water on
- throw doubt on
- throw down
- throw down the gauntlet
- throw for a loop
- throw for a loss
- throw in at the deep end
- throw in one's lot with
- throw in the deep end
- throw in the sponge
- throw in the towel
- throw into disorder
- throw into question
- throw lathe
- throw light on
- throw line
- throw money around
- throw money at
- throw mud
- throw off
- throw off (his stride
- throw off her) stride