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yank your chain 

pull your leg
Tell someone you've been invited to the White House for dinner with the prez. Then you say, "I'm just trying to yank your chain."
yank your chain by Birdmanicx November 24, 2013

yank my chain 

Last night it felt so good to finally yank my chain
yank my chain by Dillhole17 January 11, 2014

Yank the chain 

1. Peter, stop yanking your chain and get to work!
2. Get out, I gotta Yank the chain
3. All he does is stay in his room and yank his chain.


Yank the chain by Harry Palmer II November 2, 2008

yank one's chain 

to fool or kid someone; to pull a fast one
I won? Seriously? Are you yanking my chain?
yank one's chain by humuhumu February 25, 2004

yank one's chain 

To annoy someone, especially about something they're concerned with or sensitive to, usually in a specious or humorous manner, just for the sake of annoying them. A real-world form of trolling..
'I proved to Bubba that Black people were superior to White -- it was all b.s., but I wanted to yank one's chain a bit.
yank one's chain by anarcissie January 11, 2016

Yank the ball and chain 

To masturbate, the ball refers to the male testicles and chain refers to the actual penis
Man I'm so horny, time to yank the ball and chain

I'm so sore, I spent all day yanking the ball and chain
Yank the ball and chain by LD;) October 10, 2017
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