| 单词 | to play off the stage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto play (a person) off the stage c. transitive to play (a person) off the stage: to act much better than (another actor). Also in extended use: to dominate a situation at the expense of (another person). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (transitive)] > act better than outact1644 to play (a person) off the stage1895 1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 9 Mar. (1965) I. 494 Our actor managers have a not unnatural reluctance to be played off their own stages by their leading ladies. 1905 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) II. 144 He played all the other people off the stage, figuratively. Literally, they remained there, I regret to say. 1920 G. B. Shaw Let. 22 Dec. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 216 You played Hackett off the stage, and made only a few blunders. 1979 P. Mason Skinner xi. 78 Perron was rather surly, a peasant..who is being played off the stage by a man with style. < as lemmas |
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