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Definition 2024
upstage
upstage
English
Noun
upstage (uncountable)
Coordinate terms
Adverb
upstage (comparative more upstage, superlative most upstage)
- toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
- The actor turned and walked upstage.
- away from a motion-picture or television camera.
Adjective
upstage (comparative more upstage, superlative most upstage)
Verb
upstage (third-person singular simple present upstages, present participle upstaging, simple past and past participle upstaged)
- (transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
- She only wore that dress to upstage everyone.
- (transitive) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
- (transitive) To treat snobbishly.
- (medicine) (transitive) To restage (cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment (compare downstage)
See also
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Rake (theatre) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia