upstage (redirected from upstaging)

up·stage  (pstj)

adv.

Toward, at, or on the rear part of a stage.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the rear part of a stage.

2. Informal Haughty; aloof.

n. (pstj)

The rear part of a stage, away from the audience.

tr.v. (p-stj) up·staged, up·stag·ing, up·stag·es

1. To distract attention from (another performer) by moving upstage, thus forcing the other performer to face away from the audience.

2. To divert attention or praise from; force out of the spotlight: a vice president who repeatedly tried to upstage the president.

3. To treat haughtily.

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up·stager n.

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upstage

Adverb

on, at, or to the rear of the stage

Adjective

at the back half of the stage

Verb

[-staging, -staged]

1. to move upstage of another actor, forcing him or her to turn away from the audience

2. Informal to draw attention to oneself and away from someone else

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	upstage - the rear part of the stage part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" stage - a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"
Verb	1.	upstage - treat snobbishly, put in one's place do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
	2.	upstage - move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	3.	upstage - steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress" outshine - attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality"
Adj.	1.	upstage - of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience" downstage - of the front half of a stage
	2.	upstage - remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" aloof, distant reserved - marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
Adv.	1.	upstage - at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage" dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays downstage - at or toward the front of the stage; "the actors moved further and further downstage"

Translations

upstage [ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒ] vt → robar protagonismo a

upstage [ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒ] vt to upstage sb → souffler la vedette à qn

upstage [ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒ] adv (Theat) → im Bühnenhintergrund

vt to upstage sb (fig) → jdn ausstechen, jdm die Schau stehlen (inf)

upstage [ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒ] vt to upstage sb → rubare la scena a qn