get the picture
Example Sentences
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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
Through these shared battles, we get the picture that Arnold may have been the only person who witnessed Marilyn for who she really was.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 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
But it took a lot of weeding for me to get the picture of Holt Nickerson riding off in his long Johns out of my mind.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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