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take a joke

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[take a joke] {v. phr.}

Accept in good spirit some derision directed at oneself.

* /My brother has a good sense of humor when teasing others, but he cannot take a joke on himself./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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