treat haughtily

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• upstage — v. move upstage causing another actor to turn his back to the audience (Theatre); draw attention away from another, steal the show; treat someone haughtily adj. snobbish, arrogant, haughty (Informal); pertaining to the rear of the stage (Theater) …   English contemporary dictionary

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