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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

"There was no one else to take a picture of that I had the confidence or ease to do," he explains.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

You might be in a better position if you cross out parts of the hospital’s consent form that require you to promise payment before you sign, and then take a picture of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

If you take a picture of him he doesn’t like, then he screams and pouts.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

I’d take a picture, a smiling, happy picture, a former-Fang-at-his-best picture, and I’d put one corner between my knuckles, and with a snap of my wrist I’d make the picture fly.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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