catch a likeness

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We expect to catch a likeness of our hairy visitor, even if the trap fails to work, and hold him a prisoner.

From Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol by Douglas, Alan

He could catch a likeness in a moment.

From Where the Path Breaks by Créspigny, Charles de

It isn't everybody who can catch a likeness.

From Loyal to the School by Brazil, Angela

Can a chap catch a likeness flying along a rail road? can he even see the feature?

From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

V. represent, delineate; depict, depicture†; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness &c. n.; hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; figure, shadow forth, shadow out; adumbrate; body forth; describe &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark