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Pull Told I Idiom Expression Show Person Michael

Idiom pull the other one
Definition an expression used to show that you don't believe what the other person has just told you
Examples - I just saw Michael Jackson at the bus stop. - Pull the other one!
- When she said that she'd won the lottery, I told her to pull the other one. She's always trying to take me for a ride.
Note This is based on the idiom to pull someone's leg = to try and trick them or play a joke on them. (The idiom in the second example sentence above, to take someone for a ride, has the same meaning.)

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