Usually means: Jokingly deceive someone in fun.
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  1. pull someone's leg: Merriam-Webster
  2. pull someone's leg: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pull someone's leg, pull someone's leg: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pull someone's leg: Vocabulary.com
  5. pull someone's leg: Wiktionary
  6. pull someone's leg, pull someones leg: Dictionary.com
  7. pull someone's leg: Rhymezone
  8. pull someones leg: FreeDictionary.org
  9. pull someone's leg: ESL Idiom Page
  10. pull someone's leg: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pull someone's leg)

verb:  (idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.
verb:  (idiomatic, obsolete) To extract money from someone (by taking out a loan or by swindling).


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