take a joke

Accept teasing at one's own expense, as in Sam really couldn't take a joke. This idiom, often put negatively, was first recorded in 1780. Also see take it.

Words nearby take a joke

take a fit, take a gander at, take a hand in, take a hike, take a hint, take a joke, take a leaf out of someone's book, take a leak, take a load off one's mind, take a look at, take a picture