offstage
off
ˈɑf
aaf
stage
steÉĒʤ
steij
/ˈɒfste‍ÉĒd‍ʒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "offstage"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇, āĻ…āĻĢāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϜ

the part of the stage area hidden from the audience, typically used for preparation or waiting during a performance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A loud noise came from the offstage, distracting the performers.
āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāϞ⧋, āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇, āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

situated out of sight of the audience, typically in the wings or backstage

backstage

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The offstage crew worked silently to change the set between acts.
āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁ āύāĻžāϟāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇āϟ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇, āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

not visible or known to the public
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Reporters uncovered the mayor's offstage dealings with lobbyists.
āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āϰāĻž āϞāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻĢāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϜ āϞ⧇āύāĻĻ⧇āύ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‹āϚāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇, āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

behind the stage where it is out of the audience's sight
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The prop was quickly moved offstage during the blackout.
āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāωāĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇, āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

away from public awareness or outside of observable or official interactions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their friendship developed offstage, through late-night phone calls.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻĢāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻœā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡āĨ¤
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