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'Pull someone's leg' means

ATrip someone over
BPhysically pull a leg
CPush someone hard
DTease in a friendly way
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Tease in a friendly way
1. Idiom: 'pulling the leg' = light-hearted teasing. 2. Literal sense is the trap. 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Idioms and Phrases PDF (Mistral OCR), section on common idioms_
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