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Exact Match:

upstage

the rear part of the stage

of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"

at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"

steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"

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

treat snobbishly, put in one's place

Synonyms:

• DR,
• act,
• act as foil,
• appear,
• arrogant,
• backstage,
• barnstorm,
• before an audience,
• before the footlights,
• behind the scenes,
• big,
• cold-shoulder,
• come out,
• condescending,
• domineering,
• down left,
• down right,
• downstage,
• emote,
• emotionalize,
• get top billing,
• haughty,
• high-faluting,
• high-flown,
• high-hat,
• high-headed,
• high-nosed,
• hoity-toity,
• in the limelight,
• lofty,
• mime,
• not receive,
• off stage,
• on the stage,
• onstage,
• overbearing,
• pantomime,
• patronizing,
• patter,
• perform,
• play,
• play the lead,
• playact,
• proud,
• purse-proud,
• rebuff,
• register,
• repulse,
• sketch,
• snub,
• star,
• steal the show,
• stooge,
• stuck-up,
• superior,
• toplofty,
• tread the boards,
• troupe,
• turn away from,
• up left,
• uppish,
• uppity,
• upright