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Play a joke on   /pleɪ ə dʒoʊk ɑn/   Listen
Play a joke on

verb
1.
Subject to a playful hoax or joke.  Synonyms: hoax, pull someone's leg.
2.
Deceive somebody.  Synonyms: flim-flam, fob, fox, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick.






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"Play a joke on" Quotes from Famous Books



... my wicked mischievousness, which I always regretted after, but which I was always ready to recommence; and even now, after all the days, weeks, months, and years that I have lived since then, it still gives me infinite pleasure to play a joke on any one. ...
— My Double Life - The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt • Sarah Bernhardt

... Robin laughed as if he would never stop. He thought that it must be the proper time to laugh, because Mr. Crow had said he was going to play a joke on Uncle Sammy. ...
— The Tale of Jolly Robin • Arthur Scott Bailey

... an old-time, orthodox Presbyterian, and from the tips of his broad-soled shoes to the severe part in the hair above his sanctimonious brow he looked the type. I was not present when he called at our hotel, and my absence gave my fellow-clergymen an opportunity to play a joke on the gentleman from the gospel-ship. They assured him that "Dr. Shaw" would preach for him, and the pastor returned to his post greatly pleased. When they told me of his invitation, however, they did not add that they had ...
— The Story of a Pioneer - With The Collaboration Of Elizabeth Jordan • Anna Howard Shaw

... the next time I try to play a joke on anybody, please holler 'Lobster' at me. And if that doesn't do any good just pinch me good and hard," ...
— Frank and Andy Afloat - The Cave on the Island • Vance Barnum

... Uncle Percy said it didn't matter; he had only bought it to play a joke on someone. Mother and Mollie and Geoffrey and Jane and everybody hunted everywhere for it, but they didn't find it. A few days later a letter came from Bessie asking "Geoffrey and Mollie to come to tea with the King ...
— A Big Temptation • L. T. Meade



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