upstage Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the rear part of the stage
   
2. verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
   
3. verb move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
   
4. verb steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
   
   • When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress
5. adjective of the back half of a stage
   
   • she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience
6. adjective satellite remote in manner
   aloof; distant.
   
   • stood apart with aloof dignity
   • a distant smile
   • he was upstage with strangers
7. adverb at or toward the rear of the stage
   
   • the dancers were directed to move upstage

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