Upstaging

verb

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.

"She only wore that dress to upstage everyone."

2.verbTo force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.

3.verbTo treat snobbishly.

4.verbTo restage (cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment (compare downstage).

5.nounA situation where somebody or something is upstaged.

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