upstage
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.
Adverb
- Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
- Away from the audience or camera.
Adjective
- At the rear of a stage.
- Haughty, aloof.
Verb
- To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
- To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
- To treat snobbishly.
- To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.
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