Pull Someone's Leg Meaning

Pull Someone's Leg is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Pull Someone's Leg

(idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.

Example : 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 111:  I hadn't pulled Mrs. Barstow's leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn't my fault.

Meaning of Pull Someone's Leg

Pull Someone's Leg is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Pull Someone's Leg stands for (idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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