out of the picture

out of the picture
out of the picture informal phrase
no longer involved in something

I could have asked Shane to help, but he was out of the picture by then.

Thesaurus: not involved in somethingsynonym
Main entry: picture

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no longer involved; irrelevant

hostages were better left out of the picture

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in/out of the ˈpicture idiom
(informal) involved/not involved in a situation

Morris is likely to win, with Jones out of the picture now.

Main entry:pictureidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • out of the picture — not part of the issue, not of importance; off stage, out of the arena …   English contemporary dictionary

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