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[ uhp-steyj ] / ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR upstage ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbon or toward the back of the stage. adjectiveof, relating to, or located at the back of the stage. haughtily aloof; supercilious. verb (used with object), up·staged, up·stag·ing.to overshadow (another performer) by moving upstage and forcing the performer to turn away from the audience. to outdo professionally, socially, etc. to behave snobbishly toward. nounthe rear half of the stage. any stage position to the rear of another. Origin of upstageFirst recorded in 1905–10; up- + stage Words nearby upstageupsilon particle, upsize, upskill, upspin, upspring, upstage, upstairs, upstanding, upstart, upstate, upstream Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for upstageSo, Streep rewrote much of her dialogue, which led to tension with her co-star, Hoffman, who felt she was trying to upstage him. Co-Stars Who Hated Each Other: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in 'The Notebook' and More|Marlow Stern|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Daily Pic (Venice Biennale Edition): Yuri Ancarani shows that medical magic can upstage the aesthetic kind. A Surgeon's-Eye View|Blake Gopnik|June 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST It takes great talent to upstage a man accepting his party's presidential nomination. Romney Camp Defends Eastwood|Howard Kurtz|August 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST In terms of attire, one did not upstage the other by looking more sophisticated or fashionable—or elitist, God forbid. What Obama's Golf Fashion Reveals|Robin Givhan|June 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Few are native-born New Yorkers, and scarcely any of them go around with their noses in the air in an "upstage Eastern manner." If You Don't Write Fiction|Charles Phelps Cushing Single rose-coloured corduroy curtain for archway up R. hung on upstage side of arch. Mr. Pim Passes By|Alan Alexander Milne Upstage, burned a driftwood fire in a low hearth of rough bricks; Judge Tiffany sat there, in a spindle-backed chair, reading. The Readjustment|Will Irwin A similar door, opening into the bedroom of the shack, upstage right. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
British Dictionary definitions for upstage
adverbon, at, or to the rear of the stage adjectiveof or relating to the back half of the stage informal haughty; supercilious; aloof verb (tr)to move upstage of (another actor), thus forcing him to turn away from the audience informal to draw attention to oneself from (someone else); steal the show from (someone) informal to treat haughtily nounthe back half of the stage Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to upstageovershadow, go one better |