steal+someone's+thunder

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• steal someone's thunder — 1. To make use of another s invention against him or her (as when John Dennis s stage thunder was used in a rival s play) 2. To rob someone of the opportunity of achieving a sensational effect by forestalling him or her • • • Main Entry: ↑steal… …   Useful english dictionary

• steal someone's thunder — steal (someone s) thunder to do something that takes attention away from what someone else has done. I kept quiet about my pregnancy because Cathy was getting married, and I didn t want to steal her thunder …   New idioms dictionary

• steal someone's thunder — If someone steals your thunder, they take the credit and praise for something you did …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• steal someone's thunder — ► steal someone s thunder win praise or attention for oneself by pre empting someone else s attempt to impress. Main Entry: ↑steal …   English terms dictionary

• steal someone's thunder —    If someone steals your thunder, they take the credit and praise for something you did.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you steal someone s thunder you take their idea or plan and draw attention and praise away from them by… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• steal someone's thunder — idi steal someone s thunder a) to accept credit for another s work; to misappropriate the ideas or inventions of another b) to detract from another s achievement by some action that anticipates or overshadows it; to spoil the effect of another s… …   From formal English to slang

• steal someone's thunder — win praise or attention for oneself by pre empting someone else s attempt to impress. → steal …   English new terms dictionary

• steal someone's thunder — to get attention and praise for doing something that someone else had planned to do Senator Johnson accused the President of stealing his thunder on the tax issue …   English dictionary

• Steal someone's thunder —   If someone steals your thunder, they take the credit and praise for something you did …   Dictionary of English idioms

• steal — ► VERB (past stole; past part. stolen) 1) take (something) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. 2) give or take surreptitiously or without permission: I stole a look at my watch. 3) move somewhere quietly or… …   English terms dictionary

• steal thunder — steal (someone s) thunder to do something that takes attention away from what someone else has done. I kept quiet about my pregnancy because Cathy was getting married, and I didn t want to steal her thunder …   New idioms dictionary