play a joke on

Verb play a joke on has 2 senses

• play a joke on(v = verb.social) hoax, pull someone's leg - subject to a playful hoax or joke;
is one way to cozen, deceive, delude, lead on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• play a joke on(v = verb.social) flim-flam, fob, fox, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick - deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"
is one way to cozen, deceive, delude, lead on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody