pulls one's leg
phrase
as in tricks
to cause to believe what is untrue He was just pulling your leg when he said he won the lottery. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tricks
- deceives
- fools
- has on
- leads one up the garden path
- kids
- takes in
- leads one down the garden path
- pulls the wool over one's eyes
- sucks in
- strings along
- teases
- cozens
- has
- suckers
- misleads
- dupes
- bluffs
- does a number on
- puts on
- stings
- gulls
- gammons
- cons
- deludes
- hoodwinks
- juggles
- snows
- buffaloes
- spoofs
- humbugs
- catches
- misguides
- hoaxes
- misinforms
- gaffs
- burns
- fakes out
- beguiles
- hornswoggles
- cheats
- bamboozles
- snookers
- sticks
- flimflams
- shortchanges
- skins
- swindles
- defrauds
- chisels
- rooks
- bleeds
- hustles
- squeezes
- fleeces
- gyps
- diddles
- mulcts
- euchres
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- reveals
- undeceives
- exposes
- uncovers
- debunks
- tells
- shows up
- divulges
- discloses
- unmasks
- unveils
- disabuses
- uncloaks
- disenchants
- disillusions