out of the picture

prepositional phrase3

1. •
   Not included in the matter being planned or under consideration; not a factor or participant in the present situation.

   • Within a year, his scientists had worked out a system that virtually elbowed CBS out of the picture. — 1966
2. •
   (euphemistic) Dead, missing, or incarcerated.
3. •
   (old-fashioned) Not suiting or attuned to the situation; incongruous.

   • Only Peter was out of the picture. He was a strange, disconsolate figure, as he shifted about to ease his leg, or gazed incuriously from the window. — 1919