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TAKE A JOKE
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Listen to a joke at one's own expense
Example:
Can't you take a joke?
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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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