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Synonyms for pull someone's chain

  • verb

Most common

pull someone's leg poke prod

All synonyms

Verb

1. Pull someone's leg — to tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting

pull someone's leg, poke, prod

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting.

    Near-synonyms: poke, prod

Related words

Other spellings
jerk someone's chain yank someone's chain

Example sentences

  • poke I don't poke my nose into other people's business.
  • prod Don't prod your food with your fork like that.

By length

4 letters
poke1, prod1