Idiom
take a joke
Meaning
To accept a joke at one's expense.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You need to learn how to take a joke.”
“He got angry when his friends teased him, even though he should have just taken a joke.”
“While she initially bristled at the playful mockery, she eventually learned to take a joke with grace and good humor.”
Examples
simple
“You need to learn how to take a joke.”
contextual
“He got angry when his friends teased him, even though he should have just taken a joke.”
complex
“While she initially bristled at the playful mockery, she eventually learned to take a joke with grace and good humor.”
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