definition
(theater) The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.
definition
Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
definition
Away from the audience or camera.
definition
At the rear of a stage.
definition
(figurative, obsolete) Haughty, aloof.
definition
(figurative, transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
definition
(transitive, theater) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
definition
(transitive, by extension) To treat snobbishly.
definition
(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.