noun
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(theater) The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.
adverb
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Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
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Away from the audience or camera.
adjective
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At the rear of a stage.
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(figurative, obsolete) Haughty, aloof.
verb
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(figurative, transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
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(transitive, theater) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
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(transitive, by extension) To treat snobbishly.
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(medicine, transitive) To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.