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单词 to make the frame
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to make the frame
12. Horse Racing (chiefly British and Irish English). A board or frame at a racecourse used to display information about the runners and riders in a particular race; (now usually) spec. one used to display the race numbers of the first four horses to finish a race. Frequently in in the frame. Also to make the frame: to finish in the first four in a race.
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1882 Observer 3 Sept. 7/1 The shrewdest readers of the market..frequently find themselves completely at fault when Mr. Clark orders the winner's number to be placed in the frame.
1895 Baily's Mag. Jan. 30/2 A month later his number went up in the frame for a race of this description at Kempton Park.
1931 Scotsman 15 June 14/2 S. Donghue's name appeared in the frame as the rider of Dart.
1969 Guardian 26 Mar. 17/6 Foggy Bell and Smoke Bellew are real outsiders who could make the frame.
1983 J. Glengarry Great Decade N.Z. Racing 97 Only once did I get my number in the frame in 72 starts,..and that was a fourth with no stake.
2008 Irish Times 18 Nov. 28/3 Boscall Hill..could make the frame despite being 6lb out of the handicap.
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