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take a joke

  1. Accept teasing at one's own expense, as in Sam really couldn't take a joke. This idiom, often put negatively, was first recorded in 1780. Also see take it.



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Speaking to reporters on Monday, he said that Catholic leaders railing against Trump's post "can't take a joke" and accused "the fake news media" of lying about reactions from the church.

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I like people who have a little bit of a little devil in them, who can also be a little bit naughty, and they can take a joke.

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The short-lived newlyweds “took a joke too far by getting married,” her record label said in a statement at the time.

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The lawsuit, he said, had been an attempt “to ruin us financially and destroy our ability to offer commentary critical of organizations like theirs — all because they can’t take a joke.”

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“He can take a joke, and he can give a joke,” Lewis said.

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