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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