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take a picture

Idioms

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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take a picture

I want to take a picture with Ted Chen!’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

“Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

Trump said he does not have trouble with his hearing, and when photographers have taken photos of him when he appears to be sleeping, he said "sometimes they'll take a picture of me blinking".

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026

"Sometimes they'll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they'll catch me with the blink."

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

Dad says not to fret, there will be other fish and we can take a picture then.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

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