play a prank (on one)
play a prank (on one)
To carry out a trick, deception, or practical joke (at one's expense). It turns out that the supposed alien visitors that people had been seeing were just a bunch of teenagers playing an elaborate prank. I've got a great plan to play a prank on the school for April Fools' Day.
See also: play, prank
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- play a trick (on one)
- play a trick on
- play tricks on
- prank
- pull a hoax (on someone)
- pull a prank (on someone)
- pull a trick (on someone)
- pull a stunt (on someone)
- pull a fast one
- pull a fast one (on someone)