Synonyms of pull one's leg

pull one's leg

phrase

as in trick

to cause to believe what is untrue

He was just pulling your leg when he said he won the lottery.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trick
• deceive
• fool
• suck in
• kid
• lead one up the garden path
• string along
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• tease
• take in
• have on
• lead one down the garden path
• juggle
• sucker
• buffalo
• sting
• bluff
• snow
• con
• mislead
• gull
• hoax
• dupe
• delude
• spoof
• hoodwink
• snooker
• fake out
• burn
• do a number on
• catch
• gaff
• humbug
• put on
• have
• gammon
• misguide
• bamboozle
• misinform
• cheat
• cozen
• beguile
• hornswoggle
• stick
• defraud
• chisel
• squeeze
• swindle
• skin
• fleece
• rook
• shortchange
• flimflam
• hustle
• bleed
• gyp
• diddle
• euchre
• mulct

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveal
• show up
• expose
• uncover
• disclose
• tell
• unmask
• undeceive
• debunk
• divulge
• unveil
• uncloak
• disabuse
• disillusion
• disenchant