upstage
adverb
on or toward the back of the stage.
have been upstaging
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present perfect progressiveof upstage.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“In an acting career,” she said in the Harris biography, “I would have been upstaging him, and he couldn’t stand that.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2012
