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Meaning of upstage

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  upstage
      adv 1: at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were
             directed to move upstage" [ant: {downstage}]
      adj 1: of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage
             chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
             [ant: {downstage}]
      2: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
         distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn:
         {aloof}, {distant}, {upstage}]
      n 1: the rear part of the stage
      v 1: treat snobbishly, put in one's place
      2: move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the
         audience
      3: steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone
         else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the
         actress"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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