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- (idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 111:
- I hadn't pulled Mrs. Barstow's leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn't my fault.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 111:
TranslationsEdit
to tease someone
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