What did you say? What do you mean?
Leg Pull Pulled I Someone’s Means Isn’t True
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Pull your leg |
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What do you mean? |
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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.
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Examples |
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“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.”
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