steal the limelight
to get more attention than anyone or anything else in a situation:
The experimental car certainly stole the limelight at the motor show.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fame and famous
- A-list
- acclaim
- anyone
- anyone who is/was anyone idiom
- B-list
- fore
- high-profile
- hit the headlines idiom
- household word
- illustrious
- immortal
- plaque
- prominent
- proverbial
- public
- put sth/sb on the map idiom
- renown
- reputed
- rise to fame idiom
- steal
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