take a picture

1. 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

They’re staring stoic holes into me from the wall, seething as if they had gotten into a brawl beforehand and were forced to take a picture with one another afterward.

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“But on set, the first couple days you had to show them that you were like a brother to them. You can’t be like, ‘Hey man, we got to take a picture.’

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“I use it for legal advice. So when I am needing to know the answer to a question, I’ll take a picture and snap it and put it in there,” Kardashian replied.

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

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Mexico's first woman president initially appeared confused by the incident, which was caught on camera, even agreeing to take a picture with the man.

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