What is the difference among 'make jokes on' and 'play jokes on' and 'prank on' someone?
If they are all the same, which one is most common in colloquial English?
Learn English – Difference among ‘make jokes on’ and ‘play jokes on’ and ‘prank on’
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Play a joke on and play a prank on are both ordinary (as Adam points out, so is play a trick on). Transitive prank is used among young people, as is intransitive prank as an activity verb (but transitive trick means something different).
But I've never encountered prank on or make a joke on.