to+steal+sb'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 — ► 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 …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• steal somebody's thunder — steal sb s ˈthunder idiom to get the attention, success, etc. that sb else was expecting, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do Main entry: ↑stealidiom …   Useful english 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 somebody's thunder — verb To detract from somebodys accomplishments or glory; to undermine. I dont mean to steal your thunder, but did you really do all that by yourself? …   Wiktionary

• steal one's thunder — {v. phr.} To do or say something, intentionally or not, that another person has planned to say or do. * /Fred intended to nominate Bill for president, but John got up first and stole Fred s thunder./ * /Mary was going to sing Oh! Susanna, but… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• steal one's thunder — {v. phr.} To do or say something, intentionally or not, that another person has planned to say or do. * /Fred intended to nominate Bill for president, but John got up first and stole Fred s thunder./ * /Mary was going to sing Oh! Susanna, but… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• steal\ one's\ thunder — v. phr. To do or say something, intentionally or not, that another person has planned to say or do. Fred intended to nominate Bill for president, but John got up first and stole Fred s thunder. Mary was going to sing Oh! Susanna, but Ellen did it …   Словарь американских идиом