upstage
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- n the rear part of the stage
- v treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- v move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
- v steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress - a of the back half of a stage
she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience - s remote in manner
he was upstage with strangers - r at or toward the rear of the stage
the dancers were directed to move upstage
- Ronson understands all the tricks of the Stax generation, but he syncopates closer to hip hop and never lets the arrangements upstage his star.
- You know rule one for the Vice President is make sure you never upstage the President, right?.
- You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.