upstage
up
ƌp
ap
stage
ˈsteÉĒʤ
steij
/ƌpstˈe‍ÉĒd‍ʒ/

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

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āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

the back part of the stage that is the most distant from the audience
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āĻļā§‹ āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
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āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
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āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

treat snobbishly, put in one's place
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āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧ⧇āĻ•, āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ

of the back half of a stage
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āĻĻā§‚āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āϏāĻ‚āϝāϤ

remote in manner
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āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇, āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

at or toward the back part of the stage that is the most distant from the audience

above

up

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the dramatic reveal, the spotlight shifted upstage.
āύāĻžāϟāϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϟāϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

upstage
stage
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ