Main entry: upstage
Definition: the rear part of the stage
Main entry: upstage
Definition: steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
Usage: When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress
Main entry: upstage
Definition: move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
Main entry: upstage
Definition: treat snobbishly, put in one's place
Main entry: aloof, distant, upstage
Definition: remote in manner
Usage: stood apart with aloof dignity; a distant smile; he was upstage with strangers
Main entry: upstage
Definition: of the back half of a stage
Usage: she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience
Main entry: upstage
Definition: at or toward the rear of the stage
Usage: the dancers were directed to move upstage