Word

upstage, v.
(upstaged, upstages, upstaging)

steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
<verb.competition>

upstage

sample sentences

"When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sam cannot %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
<verb.motion>

upstage

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

treat snobbishly, put in one's place
<verb.social>

upstage

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

treat, handle, do by