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TAKE A JOKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does take a joke mean?
• TAKE A JOKE (verb)
The verb TAKE A JOKE has 1 sense:
1. listen to a joke at one's own expense
Familiarity information: TAKE A JOKE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Listen to a joke at one's own expense
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
Can't you take a joke?
Hypernyms (to "take a joke" is one way to...):
abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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