VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Play a joke

Meaning:

to deceive someone for fun.

Examples:

  • We want to play a joke on a friend.
  • Sometimes the boys would play a joke on the teacher.
  • Every time you play a joke, I'll be erasing things, one by one.
  • I want to play a joke, and B. J. Just quit as my partner.
  • I just wanted to play a joke on you.
  • Can not you play a joke?
  • Yes, I don't think you would play a joke on us busy detectives either.
  • We'll play a joke on him, so you just play along. All right.
  • Let's play a joke on her.
  • What do you mean Mr. Teefers told you to play a joke on me?