pull a stunt
pull a trick

"A while ago I pulled a really bad trick, the kind that gets you special attention."

To make up lost money he pulled tricks in the lot, a change artist of the first order.

Then I called in my aides and told them what would happen the next time they pulled a trick like that.

No one can pull a trick like this on us.

But you better never pull a trick like this again.

Because you pulled a pretty good trick, don't go thinking that it was real.

All I could think was that you had caught someone pulling a trick and were chasing him.

You call me in here on a Sunday morning and pull a trick like this?

The player has to stay on top of the chart and keep pulling fresh tricks to win.

They say he pulls tricks like that all the time.