out of the picture
The idiom "out of the picture" is commonly used to describe someone or something that is no longer involved, relevant, or necessary in a particular situation.
Definition
B2General
(common)No longer involved or relevant to a situation.
Example
- Since his resignation, he is completely out of the picture at the company.
- After the breakup, she was out of the picture in his life.
B2General
(euphemistic)No longer alive, present, or able to participate.
Example
- His father has been out of the picture for years.
- With the main competitor out of the picture, their sales increased significantly.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "out of the picture":
out of frameout of sightout of itout of the wayout of someone's wayout ofout of questionout the windowleft outget out ofout of reachhave outout of one's boxout of boundsout of the moneycut outoff the trackout of touchout of placeout of workoff cameraout of lineout of one's mindout of stepout of one's timeout of the commonout of townway outget outside oftake it out ofget outout of squareout of the woodsnot outsee outleave outkeep out ofcut awayout to lunchget out of hereoutside ofout of time