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in the frame

in the frame prepositional phrase: suspected by the police of having committed a crime.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (colloquial) Suspected by the police of having committed a crime.
    • Colin just told me about some lad he played football with last night who beat Gerald up a month or so ago, but I don't think he's in the frame.2021, Chris McDonald, Mistletoe and Crime

Questions about in the frame

What does in the frame mean?
In the frame means suspected by the police of having committed a crime.
What part of speech is in the frame?
In the frame is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in the frame in the dictionary

  1. in the first instance
  2. in the first place
  3. in the flesh
  4. in the flower of one's youth
  5. in the foothills
  6. in the frame
  7. in the front row
  8. in the furtherance of justice
  9. in the future
  10. in the game
  11. in the green

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