Upstage

No, I can no longer allow you to upstage me!

The actor turned and walked upstage.

The minimalist play used no upstage scenery.

If she hasn't time for this or that, if she refuses to make or keep appointments, if her face does not greet all comers with a sweet and charming smile, then the word is passed around that ‘So-and-So is getting high-hat and up-stage.’

She only wore that dress to upstage everyone.

Although constantly upstaged by Miss Moore's vocal flings, Cary Grant brought the appropriate note of light comedy to his role.

Ronald Reagan’s peace plan for Nicaragua, which would have worked to his domestic political advantage even if it had failed, is upstaged by a surprise initiative by five Central American countries.

The romance and spectacle of the Olympics have been upstaged by the reality of the Olympics; both the Summer Games and the Winter Games are now as much big business as they are sport.

Almost one-third of patients were upstaged after re-exploration, three-quarters of whom actually had stage III disease.