pulling one's leg (Meaning)
pulling one's leg
to work (an oar) by drawing back strongly, force required to overcome resistance to pulling, to strain abnormally, move entry 1 sense 1, remove entry 1 sense 2, obtain, secure, a competition in which a heavily weighted sled is pulled by participants usually using draft animals or machines, to stretch repeatedly, to use force in drawing, dragging, or tugging, the effort put forth in pulling, an injury resulting from abnormal straining or stretching especially of a muscle see groin pull, to remove from a place or situation, to bring (a weapon) into the open, to carry out with skill or daring, to draw out from the skin, to act or behave in the manner of, attract sense 2, revoke, to pluck from a plant or by the roots, an inhalation of smoke, to withdraw essential and especially financial support, put on, assume, to hold back (a racehorse) from winning, advantage, commit, perpetrate, to admit of being pulled, to work in harmony, to strain against the bit, to perpetrate a trick or fraud, the effort expended in moving, to regain one's composure, to separate forcibly from a natural or firm attachment, the act or an instance of pulling, to move especially through the exercise of mechanical energy, to blind to the true situation, to demand or obtain an advantage over someone by the assertion of, to print (something, such as a proof) by impression, to use force on so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the force, to move back from the line of scrimmage and toward one flank to provide blocking for a ballcarrier, to draw hard in smoking, to make a face, to strain by stretching, to draw apart, to do one's full share of the work, extract, an injury resulting from abnormal straining or stretching, to deceive someone playfully, to strain or stretch abnormally, to draw the support or attention of, to refrain from using all the force at one's disposal, perform, carry out, a device for pulling something or for operating by pulling, to stretch (cooling candy) repeatedly, to feel or express strong sympathy, to disconnect a medical life-support system, proof sense 6a, to weaken or unsettle especially by removing support or assistance from, to make a decisive move or action, to bring into the open, to exert hidden influence or control, a device for pulling, a draft of liquid, a force that attracts or influences, extract sense 1, to throw a changeup, to draw a gun, a force that attracts, compels, or influences, special influence, to hit (a ball) toward the left from a right-handed swing or toward the right from a left-handed swing compare push, to move out, to take a drink, to exert force upon so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the force
Synonyms & Antonyms of pulling one's leg
Synonyms:
- bluffing
- snowing
- snookering
- duping
- cozening
- pulling the wool over one's eyes
- hoaxing
- leading one down the garden path
- catching
- misinforming
- buffaloing
- suckering
- misleading
- cheating
- teasing
- beguiling
- deluding
- leading one up the garden path
- gulling
- having
- hoodwinking
- burning
- conning
- hornswoggling
- putting on
- gaffing
- bamboozling
- spoofing
- stinging
- misguiding
- juggling
- humbugging
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pulling one's leg Sentence Examples
- The prankster couldn't resist pulling my leg about my new hairstyle.
- I knew he was pulling my leg when he told me I looked like a rock star.
- Don't be so gullible, he's just pulling your leg.
- I couldn't tell if she was serious or just pulling my leg.
- It took me a while to realize that my friends were pulling my leg about the lottery win.
- I'm not going to fall for it again, I know you're just pulling my leg.
- The comedian went too far when he started pulling my leg about my weight.
- The kids were pulling my leg about the monster in the closet.
- I'm not sure if it's true or if he's just pulling my leg, but he claims to have seen a UFO.
- Don't take it personally, he's just pulling your leg because he likes you.
FAQs About the word pulling one's leg
to work (an oar) by drawing back strongly, force required to overcome resistance to pulling, to strain abnormally, move entry 1 sense 1, remove entry 1 sense 2,
gammoning, having on, faking out, taking in, kidding, fooling, sucking in, tricking, stringing along,deceiving
showing up, uncovering, revealing, disclosing, exposing, unveiling, unmasking, telling,debunking, undeceiving
The prankster couldn't resist pulling my leg about my new hairstyle.
I knew he was pulling my leg when he told me I looked like a rock star.
Don't be so gullible, he's just pulling your leg.
I couldn't tell if she was serious or just pulling my leg.
