backstage
/bakˈsteɪdʒ
/adverb
1In or to the area behind the stage in a theatre, especially the wings or dressing rooms: I went backstage after the show [as modifier]: a backstage tour of the opera house...
- She herself has worked backstage for a marionette theater in Minneapolis, and she taught calligraphy for years.
- Danny stepped away, and cast one last disdainful look at Scott before going backstage, and presumably leaving the theater.
- We used a photograph of him taken backstage at the Winter Garden theater to calibrate our time extractor.
1.1In secret: we planned our strategies backstage...
- I should be on the front lines, not making deals backstage.
- I wonder who is cutting the deals backstage and what it will look like after this is over.
