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
"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
India – India’s Holi festival is celebrated on March 31, and is a day to play jokes, toss colored dust and wear face and body paint to inaugurate spring.
From Time • Jan. 2, 2012
First he would play jokes on the dog pulling next to him.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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