take a picture

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Idioms and Phrases

Photograph, as in I'd love to take a picture of your garden . This idiom was first used in the 1600s for making a drawing or other portrayal. It was transferred to photography in the mid-1800s.

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The company always had a policy of inviting guests to grab whatever movies they wanted out of the Closet, but this time, according to Becker, their social-media person suggested they take a picture of Del Toro in the Closet and post it online.

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I stood there in front of this sculpture just appreciating it, but I forgot to take a picture of it—even though I could have, for the first time in a couple of years.

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“But if that’s real, I think I got to go meet them. I think I got to spend some time with them. Got to take a picture with Saquon for sure.”

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“I thought to myself, ‘I’m going to take a picture because at least if my phone is retrieved, they’ll know what happened.’”

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I thought to myself, “I’m going to take a picture because at least if my phone is retrieved, they’ll know what happened.”

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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