What is the meaning of upstage?

noun

• The rear part of the stage.

verb

• Treat snobbishly, put in one's place.
• Move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience.
• Steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else.
  • usage: "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"

adjective

• Of the back half of a stage.
  • usage: "she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience"
• Remote in manner.
  • usage: "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"
  • synonyms: aloof, distant

adverb

• At or toward the rear of the stage.
  • usage: "the dancers were directed to move upstage"