Synonyms of pulls one's leg

pulls one's leg

phrase

present tense third-person singular of pull one's leg

as in tricks

to cause to believe what is untrue

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricks
• deceives
• fools
• has on
• kids
• takes in
• sucks in
• strings along
• leads one down the garden path
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• teases
• suckers
• misleads
• does a number on
• cozens
• dupes
• stings
• deludes
• gulls
• bluffs
• has
• juggles
• hoodwinks
• puts on
• cons
• snows
• gammons
• buffaloes
• spoofs
• hoaxes
• misguides
• humbugs
• misinforms
• bamboozles
• gaffs
• burns
• catches
• fakes out
• beguiles
• hornswoggles
• cheats
• snookers
• flimflams
• sticks
• shortchanges
• swindles
• defrauds
• skins
• chisels
• euchres
• bleeds
• rooks
• squeezes
• hustles
• fleeces
• diddles
• mulcts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• shows up
• exposes
• uncovers
• undeceives
• tells
• debunks
• discloses
• unmasks
• divulges
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disillusions
• disabuses
• disenchants