say cheese

say cheese
say cheese phrase
used for telling someone to smile when you are taking their photograph
Thesaurus: relating to photography and photographshyponym
Main entry: cheese

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said by a photographer to encourage the subject to smile

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say cheese
◇ If you say the word “cheese” in an exaggerated way, you look like you are smiling, so someone who is taking your photograph and wants you to smile will tell you to say cheese.
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Main Entry:cheese
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say cheese — see cheese
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Main Entry:say

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say ˈcheese idiom
used to ask sb to smile before you take their photograph
Main entry:sayidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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