Communication
land a joke
make a joke succeed
To land a joke means to deliver it in a way that makes people laugh or react as intended.
Hear it in real life
Did people laugh at your story?
Eventually, but I didn't really land the joke at first.
She paused for a second and then landed the joke perfectly.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She landed the joke perfectly to the audience.
Say: She landed the joke perfectly with the audience.
Use “with” to name the audience that responds well to a joke.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
land a joke; landed a joke
Your turn: say it out loud
She paused for a second and then landed the joke perfectly.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
land a joke
make a joke succeed
“She paused for a second and then landed the joke perfectly.”
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