To pull someone's leg is when someone makes a potentially rude statement to another but is then later revealed to only be sarcastic.
Person 1: You are a miserable failure of a human.
Person 2: Wow! That is the worst thing anyone has said to me!
Person 3: I'm just pulling your leg, forget about it.
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Take it easy,I was only pulling your leg!
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