get the picture
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Dury said it was a "battle against time" to get the picture, which he captured using a wide lens.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
There is a lot more, but I think you get the picture.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025
The object varies between individual series; snowflakes for “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” apples for “New York,” you get the picture.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025
“About a third of the time, I don’t get the picture and have to come back,” he tells me, shrugging on a 40-year-old Kelty pack with a tripod strapped to the aluminum frame.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023
He was certain to defeat such a small creature in combat, but his orders were to get the picture, not to fight little mice.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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