Leg Pull Pulled I Someone’s Means Isn’t True

To pull someone’s leg means to tell them something that isn’t true, as a joke. People sometimes call this sort of a joke a leg-pull.

If someone has their leg pulled, it can also mean that they are being teased about something.

“He said he’d met Madonna when he was in London. But I knew he was pulling my leg.”

“She was always having her leg pulled about her new boyfriend. I think her friends were actually jealous.”