0 present participle of upstage
1 to take people's attention away from someone and make them listen to or look at you instead:
Most supporting bands tend to be youngsters, and rarely upstage the star.
Many described their inclusion as upstaging the singer, while others felt they made the song increasingly tumultuous.
In one scene, he consistently came in ahead of his cue, thereby upstaging her.
The term upstaging also has since taken on the figurative meaning of an actor unscrupulously drawing the audience's attention away from another actor.
However, some critics seem to be wanting more from the artist whose man-behind-the-mask intrigue may be upstaging his albums.
The rabbit wreaks havoc during the magician's prestidigitations by heckling him, upstaging him, and interrupting his performance with a mixture of comic violence and his own bizarre cartoon magic.
They advise against upstaging other actors and turning the drama into a competition; they also advise against not giving one's all due to the presence of a smaller audience.