"say cheese" meaning in English

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          "word": "cheeser"
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          "ref": "2008, Tim Connelly, The Local News, page 41",
          "text": "Danny watched the birdie and said cheese, and then it was over and the wait began. Danny would wait for weeks in anticipation of the day the final product was passed out by his teacher Miss Turner.",
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        "To smile for a photograph by saying the word \"cheese\" (the vowel of which, when pronounced as is usual in English, forces a somewhat smile-shaped mouth)."
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        "(idiomatic, chiefly imperative) To smile for a photograph by saying the word \"cheese\" (the vowel of which, when pronounced as is usual in English, forces a somewhat smile-shaped mouth)."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiézi",
          "sense": "elicit a smile from someone for a photograph",
          "word": "茄子"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chīzu",
          "sense": "elicit a smile from someone for a photograph",
          "word": "チーズ"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "elicit a smile from someone for a photograph",
          "word": "dizer xis"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "elicit a smile from someone for a photograph",
          "word": "cười lên nào"
        }
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  "word": "say cheese"
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      "form": "saying cheese",
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      "form": "said cheese",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiézi",
      "sense": "elicit a smile from someone for a photograph",
      "word": "茄子"
    },
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chīzu",
      "sense": "elicit a smile from someone for a photograph",
      "word": "チーズ"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "elicit a smile from someone for a photograph",
      "word": "dizer xis"
    },
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "elicit a smile from someone for a photograph",
      "word": "cười lên nào"
    }
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  "word": "say cheese"
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