upstage
IPA: ʌpstˈeɪdʒ
noun
- (theater) The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.
verb
- (figurative, transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
- (transitive, theater) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
- (transitive, by extension) To treat snobbishly.
- (medicine, transitive) To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.
adjective
- At the rear of a stage.
- (figurative, obsolete) Haughty, aloof.
adverb
- Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
- Away from the audience or camera.
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Examples of "upstage" in Sentences
- As much as I love it, I find it really does kind of upstage the other flavors in some cookies.
- WHITFIELD: Do you think the network asked him or encouraged him to joke about this so as to kind of upstage the rumors?
- Rihanna has reportedly kicked Nicki Minaj off her tour because she was furious that the rapper would "upstage" her performance.
- If at times she was perplexingly cool, -- or "upstage," as he called it, -- he flattered himself that he knew women too well to be discouraged by these purely feminine manifestations.
- And I expect he will have better options than Hillary to choose from ....... her attempt to "upstage" him last night should remove her from serious consideration as the VP. noemi of reason, latina for obama!
- Obama obviously knows it too ... he said yesterday, he believe Hillary would be a great surrogate for him and when asked about Bill he said he said he was sure he would not want to 'upstage' his wife at the unity rally on Friday.
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