out of the picture
Removed from consideration
Out of the picture means no longer involved or relevant—removed from consideration or participation.
Someone pushed out of a company is out of the picture.
A rival who withdraws is out of the picture.
The phrase treats situations as scenes where certain figures have been cropped away or have exited the frame.
- eliminatedRemoved from consideration
- cut outRemoved or suddenly stopped
- irrelevantNot pertinent
- written offRegarded as worthless
- excludedShut out, denied entry
out of sight · absent · disconnected · pushed aside · gone · left behind · trivialized · sidelined · forgotten · marginalized · cast aside · displaced · missing · off the radar · erased · invisible · banished · kicked to the curb
out of the pictureinvolved
Participating or complicated
engaged · participating · in the thick of it · in play · active
out of the picturerelevant
Applying to the topic
central · key · pivotal · significant · important
out of the picturepresent
Gift or current moment
visible · in the spotlight · in view · accounted for · in evidence
picture, outing, outer, outward, outwardly, pictures, pictured, picturing, picturesque