out of the frame
idiom
British, informal
: no longer in the position of being considered for something
a job candidate who is out of the frame
Examples of out of the frame in a Sentence
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Martens stood close, whispering directions, sometimes dodging the camera, trying to stay out of the frame.
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Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
Security video released by authorities showed the trio, who appear to be carrying guns, getting out of a white SUV and walking out of the frame.
—NBC News, 24 Sep. 2021
Find the end of the spline and pry it up with a screwdriver or utility knife, then pull the rest of the spline out of the frame to release the old screen.
—New York Times, 5 Dec. 2020
Green Bay, Wisconsin is just to the south, out of the frame.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2014
But just out of the frame, two other young Black women scientists — Cynthia Ziwawo and Olubukola Abiona, both researchers on Dr. Corbett’s team — were watching their leader carefully.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
In many of these TikTok videos, Amazon workers literally run in and out of the frame.
—New York Times, 11 Feb. 2022
Strong winds and billowing smoke scatter leaves in and out of the frame as the soundscapes around the eggs envelop us further.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 5 Feb. 2022
As her three screaming school-age children and their dog came in and out of the frame, my colleague was clearly at her wits end.
—Timothy R. Clark, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
Security video released by authorities showed the trio, who appear to be carrying guns, getting out of a white SUV and walking out of the frame.
—NBC News, 24 Sep. 2021
Find the end of the spline and pry it up with a screwdriver or utility knife, then pull the rest of the spline out of the frame to release the old screen.
—New York Times, 5 Dec. 2020
Green Bay, Wisconsin is just to the south, out of the frame.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2014
But just out of the frame, two other young Black women scientists — Cynthia Ziwawo and Olubukola Abiona, both researchers on Dr. Corbett’s team — were watching their leader carefully.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2023
In many of these TikTok videos, Amazon workers literally run in and out of the frame.
—New York Times, 11 Feb. 2022
Strong winds and billowing smoke scatter leaves in and out of the frame as the soundscapes around the eggs envelop us further.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 5 Feb. 2022
As her three screaming school-age children and their dog came in and out of the frame, my colleague was clearly at her wits end.
—Timothy R. Clark, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
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“Out of the frame.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20of%20the%20frame. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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