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upstage

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Adjective, Noun, Verb (transitive), Adverb
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up=stage

OXFORD DICTIONARY

upstage, adj., adv., & v.
--adj. & adv.
1 nearer the back of a theatre stage.
2 snobbish(ly).
--v.tr.
1 (of an actor) move upstage to make (another actor) face away from the audience.
2 divert attention from (a person) to oneself; outshine.

THESAURUS

upstage

DR, act, act as foil, appear, arrogant, backstage, barnstorm, before an audience, before the footlights, behind the scenes, big, cold-shoulder, come out, condescending, domineering, down left, down right, downstage, emote, emotionalize, get top billing, haughty, high-faluting, high-flown, high-hat, high-headed, high-nosed, hoity-toity, in the limelight, lofty, mime, not receive, off stage, on the stage, onstage, overbearing, pantomime, patronizing, patter, perform, play, play the lead, playact, proud, purse-proud, rebuff, register, repulse, sketch, snub, star, steal the show, stooge, stuck-up, superior, toplofty, tread the boards, troupe, turn away from, up left, uppish, uppity, upright

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