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out of frame

out of frame prepositional phrase: not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (dated, idiomatic) Not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged.
    • nor the devil himself , could hurt them, nor make them to go out of frame1530, Hugh Latimer, letter to King Henry VIII
  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.

Questions about out of frame

What does out of frame mean?
Out of frame means not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged.
What part of speech is out of frame?
Out of frame is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of frame in the dictionary

  1. out of favor
  2. out of favour
  3. out of fix
  4. out of focus
  5. out of form
  6. out of frame
  7. out of gas
  8. out of gauge
  9. out of gear
  10. out of hand
  11. out of harness

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