to upstage sb

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• Upstage (magazine) — Upstage is a free monthly publication covering arts entertainment for New Jersey. Each issue covers music, art, film, theatre, dance, poetry, literature and comedy. The magazine made its debut at the end of 2003 and started distributed in New… …   Wikipedia

• upstage — 1918 (adj.), 1921 (v.); the notion is of drawing attention to oneself (and away from a fellow actor) by moving upstage to the rear of the stage so that the other actor must face away from the audience. The noun upstage back of the stage is… …   Etymology dictionary

• upstage — [up′stāj΄; ] for v. [, up stāj′] adv. toward or at the rear of a stage adj. 1. of or having to do with the rear of a stage 2. haughtily or disdainfully aloof vt. upstaged, upstaging 1. to draw the attention of the audience away from (a fellow… …   English World dictionary

• upstage — ► ADVERB & ADJECTIVE ▪ at or towards the back of a stage. ► VERB 1) divert attention from (someone) towards oneself. 2) (of an actor) move towards the back of a stage to make (another actor) face away from the audience …   English terms dictionary

• upstage — [[t]ʌ̱pste͟ɪʤ[/t]] upstages, upstaging, upstaged 1) ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, prep ADV When an actor is upstage or moves upstage, he or she is or moves towards the back part of the stage. [TECHNICAL] Upstage and right of centre, Robert Morris… …   English dictionary

• upstage — 1. noun The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera. 2. adverb a) toward or at the rear of a theatrical …   Wiktionary

• upstage — I UK [ʌpˈsteɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms upstage : present tense I/you/we/they upstage he/she/it upstages present participle upstaging past tense upstaged past participle upstaged to do something so that you get more attention and… …   English dictionary

• upstage — I. adverb Date: 1870 1. toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage 2. away from a motion picture or television camera II. adjective Date: 1918 1. [upstage (III)] haughty 2. of or relating to the rear of a stage …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• upstage — up|stage1 [ʌpˈsteıdʒ] v [T] to do something that takes people s attention away from someone else who is more important ▪ All the big name stars were upstaged by 12 year old Katy Rochford. upstage 2 upstage2 adv towards the back of the stage in a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• upstage — /up stayj /, adv., adj., v., upstaged, upstaging, n. adv. 1. on or toward the back of the stage. adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or located at the back of the stage. 3. haughtily aloof; supercilious. v.t. 4. to overshadow (another performer) by moving …   Universalium

• upstage — up|stage1 [ ʌp steıdʒ ] verb transitive to do something so that you get more attention and admiration than someone else, especially someone who will be annoyed by this upstage up|stage 2 [ ʌp steıdʒ ] adverb at or toward the back of the stage in… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English