upstageverb [ T ]
uk/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/us/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/to take people's attention away from someone and make them listen to or look at you instead:
Most supporting bands tend to be youngsters, and rarely upstage the star.
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Surpassing in quality or number
- beat
- catch
- catch up
- compare
- crown
- eclipse
- exceed
- go one better idiom
- leave sb standing idiom
- north
- outperform
- outran
- outrun
- outsell
- outshine
- outstrip
- tower
- tower above/over sth
- transcend
- writ large idiom
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upstageadverb, adjective [ before noun ]
uk/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/us/ˈʌp.steɪdʒ/towards or at the part of a theatre stage that is furthest from the people watching the performance:
He looks upstage to where the body is lying.
Opposite
downstage
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Theatres, cinemas & their parts
- art house
- arthouse
- backdrop
- backstage
- center stage
- centre stage
- dressing room
- fleapit
- footlights
- green room
- onstage
- scenery
- spotlight
- stage left
- stage right
- stagy
- theater
- theatre
- wardrobe
- wing
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