play jokes
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Whatever its origin, we’re happy to take this day to play jokes on each other.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023
"If you are a younger person, you have license to play jokes on your teachers, your elders, your parents," Marsh explained.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2021
Despite his gravitas, King had a “tremendous” sense of humor, and loved to play jokes, he said.
From Time • Mar. 8, 2015
"You see 'the brotherhood' is real when you see them on the golf course, just the way they stand together, laugh, talk, play jokes," Kim Ronaldson says.
From Golf Digest • Sep. 10, 2013
First he would play jokes on the dog pulling next to him.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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