take a picture

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Idioms and Phrases

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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I stood there in front of this sculpture just appreciating it, but I forgot to take a picture of it—even though I could have, for the first time in a couple of years.

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“But if that’s real, I think I got to go meet them. I think I got to spend some time with them. Got to take a picture with Saquon for sure.”

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“I thought to myself, ‘I’m going to take a picture because at least if my phone is retrieved, they’ll know what happened.’”

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I thought to myself, “I’m going to take a picture because at least if my phone is retrieved, they’ll know what happened.”

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"We found this statistic: half a million people used to walk across Westminster Bridge, take a picture of the Houses of Parliament and then walk back north. The Southbank in 1993-94 was deserted."

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