steal one's thunder

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to steal one's thunder

to use someone else's idea, plan, words, etc. in order to prevent them from reaching success or getting attention

Idiom

Informal

Example

I spent weeks working on that presentation, and my colleague just stole my thunder by presenting my ideas as if they were his own.

The artist felt that her unique style had been stolen by a rival who copied her paintings and claimed them as their own.

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