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upstage

[uhp-steyj] / ˈʌpˈsteɪdʒ /
VERB
steal the show
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So the third feature, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” brings in three lesser-known younger performers to both upstage their elders and get a little coaching from them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

On the day of the event, she said, she and her friends weren’t there to provoke Kirk, or to upstage him.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

To upstage the former president, who only recently faced an assassination attempt, is no small feat, said Mr Polyansky.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2024

“Shogun’s” Tadanobu Asano could upstage his better-known rivals as the wily Yabushige.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024

It hung and moved with majesty in folds like an infinite traveler upstage in an infinite theater.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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