Definition of "upstage" []

• Toward, at, or on the rear part of a stage. (adverb)
• Of or relating to the rear part of a stage. (adjective)
• Informal Haughty; aloof. (adjective)
• The rear part of a stage, away from the audience. (noun)
• To distract attention from (another performer) by moving upstage, thus forcing the other performer to face away from the audience. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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• "WHITFIELD: Do you think the network asked him or encouraged him to joke about this so as to kind of upstage the rumors?"
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