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upstage


I - noun
the rear part of the stage
Hypernyms:
part, portion
Part Holonyms:
stage

II - verb
1. treat snobbishly, put in one's place
Hypernyms:
treat, handle, do by
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
Derivationally related forms:
upstager
Hypernyms:
move, displace
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
- When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress
Derivationally related forms:
upstager
Hypernyms:
outshine
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Sam cannot upstage Sue

III - adjective
1. of the back half of a stage
- she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience
Ant:
downstage
2. remote in manner
- stood apart with aloof dignity
- a distant smile
- he was upstage with strangers
Syn:
aloof, distant
Similar to:
reserved
Derivationally related forms:
distance (for: distant), aloofness (for: aloof)

IV - adverb
at or toward the rear of the stage
- the dancers were directed to move upstage
Ant:
downstage
Topics:
dramaturgy, dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre

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