upstaged

noun

the rear part of the stage

verb

steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else

move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience

treat snobbishly, put in one's place

adjective

remote in manner

of the back half of a stage

adverb

at or toward the rear of the stage

Roots

starestage- · Latin · stand

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