English verb: take a joke | |||
| 1. | take a joke (cognition) listen to a joke at one's own expense | ||
| Samples | Can't you take a joke?. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate | ||