pulling leg
Kidding someone playfully
Pulling someone's leg is teasing or joking with them, typically by saying something false with a straight face: You're pulling my leg—there's no way that's true.
The expression suggests gentle, good-natured deception rather than malicious lying.
Someone who suspects a joke might ask Are you pulling my leg?
- jokingSaying things in fun
- just kiddingRetraction of a jest
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- kiddingTeasing playfully
- taking the mickeyMocking someone playfully
pranking · fooling · having a laugh · jesting · ribbing · winding up · having on · tongue in cheek · mischief · gullible · hoax · tall tale · trick · put on · deadpan · sarcasm · banter · tug
pulling legtelling the truth
leveling with · being honest · dead serious · no joke · on the level
pulling leglying
Stating known falsehoods
deceiving · conning · gaslighting · manipulating · fraud
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