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RELATED WORDS : blue joke dirty joke double take ethnic joke give and take give or take joke play a joke on practical joke sick joke take take a bow take a breath take a breather take a chance take a crack at take a crap take a dare take a dive take a firm stand take a hit take a hop take a leak take a look take a powder take a shit take aback take account take advantage take advantage of take after take aim take apart take arms take aside take away take back take by storm take care take care of take chances take charge take control take cover take down take effect take exception take fire take five take flight take for take for granted take form take from take heart take heed take hold take hold of take home take home pay take in take in charge take in vain take in water take into account take issue take issue with take it take it easy take it on the chin take kindly to take leave take liberties take lying down take note take notice take off take office take on take one's lumps take orders take out take over take pains take part take place take pride take root take shape take sides take stage take steps take stock take ten take the air take the bull by the horns take the cake take the count take the edge off take the field take the fifth take the fifth amendment take the floor take the heat take the road take the stage take the stand take the veil take time take time by the forelock take time off take to take to be take to heart take to task take to the woods take turns take up take up arms take up with take water take with a grain of salt visual joke

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Verb take a joke has 1 sense

• take a joke(v = verb.cognition) Array - listen to a joke at one's own expense; "Can't you take a joke?"
is one way to abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate
Sample sentence:
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take a joke

Wisdom

VB be intelligent, have all one's wits about one, understand, catch an idea, take in an idea, take a joke, take a hint, see through, see at a glance, see with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone, penetrate, discern, foresee, discriminate, know what's what, listen to reason.

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