pull someone's leg

To make a playful attempt to fool or deceive someone.

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pull someone's leg - subject to a playful hoax or jokehoax, play a joke oncozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with

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leg

(leg) noun1. one of the limbs by which animals and man walk. The horse injured a front leg; She stood on one leg.腿2. the part of an article of clothing that covers one of these limbs closely. He has torn the leg of his trousers.裤脚管3. a long, narrow support of a table etc. One of the legs of the chair was broken. 腿脚（如桌脚、椅脚） 4. one stage in a journey, competition etc. the last leg of the trip; the second leg of the contest. 旅程的一段，赛程的一轮 -legged (legid) adjectivea long-legged girl; a four-legged animal.有...腿的pull someone's leg to try as a joke to make someone believe something which is not true. You haven't really got a black mark on your face – he's only pulling your leg. 愚弄，哄骗，取笑（某人）

pull

(pul) verb1. to (try to) move something especially towards oneself usually by using force. He pulled the chair towards the fire; She pulled at the door but couldn't open it; He kept pulling the girls' hair for fun; Help me to pull my boots off; This railway engine can pull twelve carriages. 拉，拖，牵 2. (with at or on) in eg smoking, to suck at. He pulled at his cigarette. 猛吸（烟等） 3. to row. He pulled towards the shore. 划（船） 4. (of a driver or vehicle) to steer or move in a certain direction. The car pulled in at the garage; I pulled into the side of the road; The train pulled out of the station; The motorbike pulled out to overtake; He pulled off the road. 驾驶，移动 noun1. an act of pulling. I felt a pull at my sleeve; He took a pull at his beer/pipe. 拉，拖，拔 2. a pulling or attracting force. magnetic pull; the pull (=attraction) of the sea. 拉力，吸引力 3. influence. He thinks he has some pull with the headmaster.影响pull apart / to pieces to tear or destroy completely by pulling. 撕碎pull down to destroy or demolish (buildings). 摧毁，破坏 pull a face / faces (at) to make strange expressions with the face eg to show disgust, or to amuse. The children were pulling faces at each other; He pulled a face when he smelt the fish.做鬼脸pull a gun etc on to produce and aim a gun etc at (a person). 把枪对准...pull off to succeed in doing. He's finally pulled it off! 努力实现，赢得 pull on to put on (a piece of clothing) hastily. She pulled on a sweater. 穿（衣） pull oneself together to control oneself; to regain one's self-control. At first she was terrified, then she pulled herself together.恢复镇定pull through to (help to) survive an illness etc. He is very ill, but he'll pull through; The expert medical treatment pulled him through.恢复健康pull up (of a driver or vehicle) to stop. He pulled up at the traffic lights. 停（车） pull one's weight to take one's fair share of work, duty etc. 努力做好自己份内的工作pull someone's legleg

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pull (one's) leg

To tease or joke with someone, often by trying to convince them of something untrue. Quit pulling my leg, I know there isn't a Hollywood director calling me right now. I love pulling my sister's leg—it's almost too easy to annoy her.See also: leg, pull

pull someone's leg

Play a joke on, tease, as in Are you serious about moving back in or are you pulling my leg? This term is thought to allude to tripping someone by so holding a stick or other object that one of his legs is pulled back. [Late 1800s] See also: leg, pull

pull someone's leg

If you pull someone's leg, you tease them about something, for example by telling them something which is not true. Is he serious or just pulling my leg? I'm just pulling your leg, darling. You used to have a sense of humour. Note: You can refer to a joke like this as a leg-pull. A lot of people think this kind of painting is a leg-pull. Note: There are two possible explanations for this expression, although there is no proof for either. One suggestion is that in the past, when someone was being hanged, their friends or family sometimes pulled their legs hard so that they died more quickly and suffered less. Alternatively, the expression may refer to thieves tripping people up before they robbed them. See also: leg, pull

pull someone's leg

deceive someone playfully; tease someone.See also: leg, pull

pull someone's leg, to

To tease or fool someone; to trick someone in a humorous way. This term for a time was thought to allude to the gruesome practice of pulling on the legs of a person who was being hanged in order to shorten his or her agony. In fact, however, the current meaning of the cliché dates only from the late nineteenth century, long after hanging was accomplished in more humane fashion (by means of a long drop). Most authorities now believe it alludes to tricking a person by tripping them, using a cane or foot or other object that, in effect, holds back one of their legs so that they fall. Current in England in the late nineteenth century, it had crossed the Atlantic by 1910, when O. Henry wrote, “You can’t pull my leg,” in his story A Little Local Color. See also: pull

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verb subject to a playful hoax or joke

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