# pull the other leg

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/pull-the-other-leg
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

In imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said.

## Examples

- You won a million dollars? Pull the other leg!
- He told me he was moving to the moon, but I told him to pull the other leg.
- When the politician claimed he had never accepted a bribe, his opponent scoffed and told him to pull the other leg.

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