pull someone's leg
• deceive someone playfully; tease someone.
• "getting married—are you pulling my leg?"
Similar:
tease,
rag,
make fun of,
chaff,
trick,
joke with,
play a joke on,
play a trick on,
play a practical joke on,
taunt,
jest,
hoax,
fool,
deceive,
misguide,
lead on,
hoodwink,
dupe,
beguile,
gull,
kid,
have on,
rib,
wind up,
take for a ride,
lead up the garden path,
take the mickey out of,
make a monkey out of,
put on,
twit,
bamboozle,
get/take a rise out of,