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Adjective upstage has 2 senses

upstage - of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
Antonym: downstage
aloof, distant, upstage - remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
Antonym: unreserved (indirect, via reserved)

Adverbial upstage has 1 sense

upstage - at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"
Antonyms: downstage

Verb upstage has 3 senses

upstage - treat snobbishly, put in one's place
--₁ is one way to treat, handle, do by
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
upstage - move (another actor) upstage, forcing him to turn away from the audience
--₂ is one way to move, displace

Derived form: noun upstager₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
upstage - steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
--₃ is one way to outshine

Derived form: noun upstager₁
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot upstage Sue