take the stage

/tˈeɪk ðə stˈeɪdʒ/

[phrase]

to take the stage

[PHRASE]

to attract the attention of other people, often in a way that causes other people or things less noticeable

synonyms : take stage

Examples

1. I really don't want our production issues to take the stage during the investors' meeting.

2. My wedding was supposed to be my special day, but my sister and her stupid boyfriend took the stage when he proposed to her at the wedding reception.

3. Just imagine Tim Cook taking the stage there before a live audience and introducing an Apple car.

4. It was 2001 when Steve Jobs took the stage to announce the iPod.