upstage

adverb, adjective

/ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ/

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at or towards the back of the stage in a theatre opposite downstageTopics Film and theatrec2

verb

/ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they upstage	/ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ/ /ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ/
he / she / it upstages	/ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒɪz/ /ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒɪz/
past simple upstaged	/ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒd/ /ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒd/
past participle upstaged	/ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒd/ /ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒd/
-ing form upstaging	/ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒɪŋ/

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upstage somebody to say or do something that makes people notice you more than the person that they should be interested in
- She was furious at being upstaged by her younger sister.