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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
upstage .
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Examples
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Still, the exhibition, whose dramatic presentation at times upstages Houdini's magical effects, falls somewhat flat.
The Magician Escapes the Show Lance Esplund 2011
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They mug for the camera - and she winds up with him on the front page of the trades the next day, which displeases the studio head John Goodman, because it upstages the movie itself.
Marshall Fine: Movie review: The Artist Marshall Fine 2011
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It's pathetic that "slick willy" upstages her everytime she moves.
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As the scheming Sister Clarice, pitching a vision of virtual resurrection to her monotheistic acolytes on Gemenon, Polly Walker upstages the brooding male anti-heroes (Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales) as this dense Battlestar Galactica prequel returns to finish up its first season.
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It's not often that the person who didn't win America's Next Top Model upstages the winner.
America's Next Top Model's Lisa on the Disqualification and Her Haters 2011
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Mr. Pei's 30-year old west wing, surprisingly undated, does so much more with so much less; it upstages the new addition creatively with passages like the daylight-flooded, curving pedestrian promenade under a barrel-vaulted skylight that forms a warm and pleasurable link between the museum's social and aesthetic functions.
The MFA's New Art of the Americas Wing . . . Ada Louise Huxtable 2011
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Phillies 'Lee upstages Steinbrenner's Game 1 visit - USATODAY. com
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Phillies 'Lee upstages Steinbrenner's Game 1 visit
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"We came close to having one class that wasn't all about them." — Fat Neil's girlfriend, after Shirley's emergency childbirth upstages the anthropology non-exam on Community. ...
Matt's TV Week in Review: A Wedding, A Farewell, and More! 2011
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What should you do if someone upstages you in the same dress?
When You Meet Your 'Twin' Teri Agins 2011
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