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11upstage — 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) …
12upstage — 1 verb (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 twelve year old Katy Rochford. 2 adverb towards the back of the stage in a theatre upstage adjective …
13upstage — up•stage [[t]ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒ[/t]] adv. adj. v. staged, stag•ing, n. 1) sbz at or toward the back of the stage 2) sbz of, pertaining to, or located at the back of the stage 3) haughtily aloof; supercilious 4) sbz a) to move upstage of (another actor),… …
14upstage — adverb /ʌpˈsteɪdʒ / (say up stayj) 1. Theatre on or to the back of the stage, which was at one time higher in elevation than the front. –adjective /ˈʌpsteɪdʒ / (say upstayj) 2. Theatre of or relating to the back of the stage. 3. haughtily aloof;… …
15upstage — 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 …
16Upstage (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… …
17upstage — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
18upstage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. show up, overshadow, one up (sl.). See superiority. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. draw attention from, mistreat, impose upon; see detract , distract . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. steal the spotlight,… …
19upstage — adverb & adjective 1》 at or towards the back of a stage. 2》 [as adjective] informal, dated aloof. 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… …
20upstage — [ʌpˈsteɪdʒ] verb [T] to do something so that you get more attention and admiration than someone else …
