WordNet
play a joke on
v. subject to a palyful hoax or joke [syn: hoax, pull someone's leg]
Usage examples of "play a joke on".
Keesing was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I'd make sure the joke was on him.
You play a joke on your friends and it backfires, I said in Greek.
When he asked the loan of a few of Nefret's clothes, to play a joke on one of his friends, she had seen nothing wrong.
The conclusion reached after much scandalized discussion among all four Titanides was that the vendor -- a reformed tequilaholic named Kithara -- had for some reason decided to play a joke on the Wizard's party.
Someone had thought it would be fun to play a joke on the prince, to make him late for roll-call and incidentally make him look stupid.