out of frame
English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (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
- 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.