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.

Example Sentences

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take a picture

And then they asked at the end of their dinner would I take a picture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

"It's like walking out back at your house, trying to take a picture of the moon," he told mission control.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 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

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

From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026

He said they had sent a photographer out to take a picture of the effigy.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

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