Definition of "grandstanded" [grandstanded]

• Simple past tense and past participle of grandstand. (verb)

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• "It would appear that Ritchie ran (some of) her proposals initially past the Executive and got nowhere; she then 'grandstanded' in public; she was supposed to return to the Executive (according to Poots) but announced her decision to the Assembly instead."
• "Those numbers of course didn’t get much airtime as super committee lawmakers grandstanded by slinging around proposed cuts to social programs and tax breaks for the rich."
• "He made the music swing in his distinctive way, but never grandstanded or pulled focus from the whole."