out of the picture
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"All the rest of us know each other by name. He just kept out of the picture. He was a bit of a loner, no one was talking to him."
From BBC
With the opposition all but out of the picture, Ouattara's party now boasts nearly 80 percent of seats in parliament, largely controls the Senate and dominates municipal and regional councils, in one of west Africa's fastest-growing economies and the world's top cocoa producer.
From Barron's
Both Mater and Pater Lumley seemed to have slipped completely out of the picture the instant they dropped off little Penny at school.
From Literature
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Wales won just one of 19 Tests while Rees-Zammit was out of the picture in America, but the wing is confident of brighter times under Tandy.
From BBC
Earlier this year, Sony attempted to cut CBS out of the picture, escalating the dispute.
From Los Angeles Times
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