Pulling someone's leg: meaning, tone, and examples
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Use pull someone's leg when you are playfully trying to make someone believe something that is not true: 'Are you pulling my leg?' It describes a harmless joke, not a physical action. Say you were joking when you need to make the meaning clear.
'The café is giving away free cakes today.' 'Really, or are you pulling my leg?'