单词 | be in the frame (for something) |
释义 | be in the frame (forsomething)to be apossiblesuspectfor acrime(= someone who it isthoughtmay havecommittedit): He had the victim'sbloodon hisclothes, whichautomaticallyput him in theframeforthemurder. They mustknowthey're in theframe,otherwisewhy would theytrytocoveruptheiractions? Anyone whostoodtogainfrom hisdeathisdefinitelyin theframe. to be apossiblecandidate(= someone who could bechosen)for ajob,position, etc. : He waspreviouslyin theframefortheroleof Batman in anothermovie. Anotherwinwould put her in theframefortheOlympicteamselection. Herefusedto say who was in theframetoreplacethemanager. Criminals - general words
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