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Upstaging
Meaning
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of upstage
Noun
●
In Theater:
A
situation
where somebody
or something
is
upstaged
; thus:
A
stealing
of the
spotlight
, as (or
as if
) one
performer
eclipses
another in the audience's attention.
●
In Medicine, Oncology & Surgery:
A
situation
where somebody
or something
is
upstaged
; thus:
An increase in the
stage
of a case of a
disease
(usually a
cancer
), from a less-threatening to a more-threatening
stage
.
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Antonyms
Downstaging
Related
Outshining
Outdoing
Snubbing
Photobombing
Slighting
Overshadowing
Badmouthing
Disrespecting
Cockblocking
Wowing
Dissing
Sidelining
Wooing
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