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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To pull someone's legs |
Of a kind and sympathetic nature To use all possible methods To play a joke on someone Not a serious information |
To play a joke on someone |
The most appropriate meaning of the idiom "to pull someone's legs" is to play a joke on someone. It is used to describe someone who is teasing or kidding someone else. The idiom is thought to have originated from the idea of pulling someone's leg, which is a playful way of making them believe something that is not true. For example, you might say "I was just pulling your leg when I said I was going to quit my job." This means that you were not serious when you said you were going to quit your job, and you were just joking with the person. The other options are not accurate descriptions of the meaning of the idiom.
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