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Idioms and Phrases
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 .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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