phrasal verb · informal
get the picture
UK/ɡet ðə ˈpɪktʃə/US/ɡet ðə ˈpɪktʃər/get·the·PIC·ture
to understand the general situation or main point
Examples
“After the explanation, I finally got the picture and could answer the question.”
“If you read the introduction and conclusion, you'll get the picture without every detail.”
“She didn't get the picture until someone explained the context.”
Band 8 sentence
“Reading a well-structured abstract allows the reader to get the picture of the research without delving into every method detail.”
Collocations
- get the picture from context
- do you get the picture?
Word family
Common mistakes
get the picture of→get the picture
to get picture→to get the picture
Say it for a higher band
5understand→6see the point→7+get the picture
Synonyms
see the point
get the idea
Easily confused
get the idea
“After a couple of examples, I got the idea of how to solve these problems.”
see the point
“I see your point, but I'm not convinced by the evidence.”
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