See pull the other leg on Wiktionary
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},
{
"form": "pulling the other leg",
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"In imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said."
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"(idiomatic) In imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said."
],
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"word": "pull the other one, it's got bells on"
},
{
"word": "bullshit"
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