out of frame

English

Prepositional phrase

out of frame

  1. (dated, idiomatic) Not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged.
    • 1530, Hugh Latimer, letter to King Henry VIII:
      nor the devil himself , could hurt them, nor make them to go out of frame
  2. Not shown in a photographic frame, although present elsewhere in the scene that the frame depicts.
    To keep his identity mysterious, the boss only speaks from out of frame.
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