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take a joke
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.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
The short-lived newlyweds “took a joke too far by getting married,” her record label said in a statement at the time.
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.”
“He can take a joke, and he can give a joke,” Lewis said.
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