pull a trick (on someone)
pull a trick (on someone)
To carry out a trick, deception, or practical joke (against someone). It turns out that the supposed alien visitors that people had been seeing were just a bunch of teenagers pulling a trick on the town. I've got a great plan to pull a trick on the school for April Fools' Day. The fake article had been in print in the renowned scientific journal for more than a week before its author revealed that he had pulled a trick when he decided to submit it.
See also: pull, trick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- play a prank (on one)
- 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 stunt (on someone)
- stunt
- pull a fast one