get the joke

Synonyms

take a joke

Examples

If fate doesn't make you laugh, you just don't get the joke. Gregory David Roberts

In life there are always these things happening if you can just get the joke. Lynda Barry

He who laughs last didn't get the joke. Charles de Gaulle

Making people uncomfortable is one of my hobbies. I'm always hoping that half the people get the joke and the other half are the joke. Josh Homme

Guys will definitely settle for women who get the joke. But a woman who can make you laugh? It's not high on a guy's must list. Perhaps it should be. Hank Azaria

Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true! That's why I always kill jokes. I'm terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I can't get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon. David Mitchell (author)

Words in the phrase

get the joke

Close letter words and terms

get the idea get the jitters get the job done get the jump get the jump on get the last laugh