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Upstage
01
the back part of the stage that is the most distant from the audience
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
upstages
What is "upstage"?
Upstage refers to the area of the theater stage that is farthest from the audience. It is the part of the stage that is toward the back, opposite of downstage, which is closer to the audience. Moving upstage means moving away from the audience, and this area is often used for background action or to create depth in a scene.
to upstage
01
steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
upstage
3rd person singular
upstages
Present participle
upstaging
Past simple
upstaged
Past participle
upstaged
02
move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
03
treat snobbishly, put in one's place
upstage
01
of the back half of a stage
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
relational
ungradable
02
remote in manner
Lexical Tree
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