upstaged
past simple and past participle ofupstage
upstage
verb[T]
uk/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/us/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/to take people'sattentionaway from someone and make themlistento orlookat youinstead:
Mostsupportingbandstendto beyoungsters, andrarelyupstage thestar.
Surpassing in quality or number
- catch
- catch(someone)up
- compare
- crown
- crush
- dosomethingfor an encoreidiom
- eclipse
- encore
- outcompete
- outdo
- outflank
- outgo
- outman
- push the envelopeidiom
- put/leavesomeonein the shadeidiom
- shade
- shame
- steal a march onsomeoneidiom
- stealsomeone'sthunderidiom
- surpass
Examplesofupstaged
upstaged
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Even here, it wasupstagedby bright brash buildings of new image-conscious scientific industries.
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In the meantime, world affairsupstagedregional planning.
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One reason for this may have been that he had already beenupstagedby a spectacular entrance that had taken place just a few days earlier.
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We may well expect him to take further steps in future to prevent himself from beingupstagedby his new colleague.
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He has also comprehensivelyupstagedeverybody who had a 30th wedding anniversary last year.
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This versionupstagedall the previous versions of the work.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It wasupstagedby social history, with a race/class/gender model.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This type of sidekick is rarely encountered in fiction, because the hero runs the risk of beingupstagedby them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His eventual 1889 versionupstagedall the previous versions of the work.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The actor hadupstagedhim or done something.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the years pass, people appreciate him less and less, and he is eventuallyupstagedby dancers from the desert.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ornamentation is a major constituent of the "hydriai", it is notupstagedby the figural motifs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He criticized how the series overused the plot device of having characters grow seemingly untouchably powerful, only to be put out when eventuallyupstaged.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tyrone books a table at a fancy restaurant but isupstagedby a much flashier proposal before he can.
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