pull leg

pull someone's leg

Fig. to kid, fool, or trick someone. You don't mean that. You're just pulling my leg. Don't believe him. He's just pulling your leg.

See also: leg, pull

pull somebody's leg

to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them Is he really angry with me or do you think he's just pulling my leg?

See also: leg, pull

pull somebody's leg

  (informal)

to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with them (usually in continuous tenses) Is he really angry with me or do you think he's just pulling my leg?

See also: leg, pull

pull (someone's) leg

To play a joke on; tease or deceive.

See also: leg, pull