upstaging
present 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
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Many described their inclusion asupstagingthe singer, while others felt they made the song increasingly tumultuous.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In one scene, he consistently came in ahead of his cue, therebyupstagingher.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The termupstagingalso has since taken on the figurative meaning of an actor unscrupulously drawing the audience's attention away from another actor.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, some critics seem to be wanting more from the artist whose man-behind-the-mask intrigue may beupstaginghis albums.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rabbit wreaks havoc during the magician's prestidigitations by heckling him,upstaginghim, and interrupting his performance with a mixture of comic violence and his own bizarre cartoon magic.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They advise againstupstagingother actors and turning the drama into a competition; they also advise against not giving one's all due to the presence of a smaller audience.
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- umpiring
- umpteen
- umpteenth
- UMTS
- unabashed
- unabashedly
- unabated
- unable
- unabridged
- unabsorbed
- unabsorbent
- unacademic
- unaccented
- unacceptable
- unacceptable damage
- unacceptable-face-of
- unacceptable level
- unacceptable risk
- unacceptably
- unaccepted
- unacclimated
- unacclimatized
- unaccommodating
- unaccompanied
- unaccountable