upstage

Adjective

• remote in manner
  • stood apart with aloof dignity
    
  • a distant smile
    
  • he was upstage with strangers
    

• of the back half of a stage
  • she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience
    

Adverb

• at or toward the rear of the stage
  • the dancers were directed to move upstage
    

Noun

• the rear part of the stage

Verb

• steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
  • When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress
    

• move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience

• treat snobbishly, put in one's place

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  aloof , distant