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What is another word for pulling one's leg?

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Present participle for to tease, typically in a good-natured way

Present participle for to tell a joke or talk in a playful manner

Present participle for to obtain money or favors by intimidation, violence, or the misuse of authority

Present participle for to give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information

Pleasantly humorous or jocular

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Verb

Present participle for to tease, typically in a good-natured way

playing the fool

pulling someone's chain

pulling someone's leg

playing a prank

playing a trick

taking the mickey

having a joke on somebody

telling stories

taking the piss out of

making a monkey out of

making sport of

poking mullock at

slinging off at

holding up to ridicule

making a fool of

making jokes about

treating with contempt

poking borak at

putting someone on

playing a practical joke

rotting someone

making a laughing-stock

exposing to ridicule

making someone a laughing stock

heaping scorn on

laughing out of court

holding up to shame

making a game of

making a monkey of

treating contemptuously

thumbing nose at

showing contempt for

showing contempt

playing a trick on

taking for a ride

leading up the garden path

playing a joke on

acting the fool

clowning around

pouring scorn on

taking a rise out of

getting a rise out of

playing a practical joke on

making a joke of

tearing to pieces

having a joke with

doing a number on

detracting from

making light of

doing a takeoff of

misrepresenting

doing an impression of

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“He was forever trying to pull one's leg. One had to be on guard against his heartless mischief.”

Verb

Present participle for to tell a joke or talk in a playful manner

making sport of

making jokes about

poking mullock at

slinging off at

taking the mickey

making a monkey of

pulling someone's leg

poking borak at

taking the piss out of

giving a hard time

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Verb

Present participle for to obtain money or favors by intimidation, violence, or the misuse of authority

Verb

Present participle for to give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information

misrepresenting

propagandising^UK

propagandizing^US

stringing along

doing a number on

putting on an act

putting on false front

taking for a ride

giving wrong information to

leading down the garden path

leading up the garden path

putting on the wrong track

putting up smoke screen

giving someone a bum steer

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

throwing off the scent

sending on a wild goose chase

putting one over on

pulling a fast one on

pulling a swifty on

double-crossing

taking to the cleaners

selling a pup to

playing trick on

taking advantage of

leading up garden path

running a game on

playing games with

giving the wrong impression

making a sucker of

getting the better of

pulling someone's leg

pulling a fast one

selling down the river

breaking the rules

giving bum steer

outmaneuvering^US

outmanoeuvring^UK

making a fool of

doing the dirty on

stealing a march on

stabbing in the back

selling a bill of goods to

taking to cleaners

playing a trick on

running rings round

selling a bill of goods

making rings round

pulling fast one

playing for a sucker

doing someone in the eye

putting someone up to something

playing joke on

taking for ride

pulling wool over

playing for a fool

doing number on

playing fast and loose with

slipping something over on

giving the runaround

sending on a wild-goose chase

bending the rules

stacking the cards

stretching the rules

pulling something funny

hitting below the belt

playing someone false

breaking faith with

making a monkey of

making somebody look an idiot

making a monkey out of

pulling strings

sweeping off feet

twisting around your little finger

laying a trap for

going one better than

finding a loophole in

exploiting a loophole in

interfering with

telling a white lie

departing from the truth

perjuring oneself

forswearing oneself

making up a story

stretching the truth

not telling the truth

putting up a front

telling an untruth

concocting a story

saying something untrue

inventing a story

telling a terminological inexactitude

committing perjury

telling a falsehood

telling stories

bearing false witness

breaking promise

telling untruths

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Adjective

Pleasantly humorous or jocular

tongue in cheek

tongue-in-cheek

good-humored^US

good-humoured^UK

hysterically funny

killingly funny

too funny for words

without a care in the world

screamingly funny

a barrel of laughs

quick on the draw

quick on the uptake

full of the joys of spring

bright and breezy

as merry as a grig

as lively as a grig

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

full of vim and vigour

in good spirits

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