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n. - The rear part of a theatrical platform; v. - Steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else;

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Usage examples (34)
  • She crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience
  • The dancers were directed to move upstage
  • As much as I love it, I find it really does kind of upstage the other flavors in some cookies.
  • WHITFIELD: Do you think the network asked him or encouraged him to joke about this so as to kind of upstage the rumors?
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