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(theater) The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.

Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.

Away from the audience or camera.

At the rear of a stage.

(figurative, obsolete) Haughty, aloof.

(figurative) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage. +

(theater) To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.

(by extension) To treat snobbishly.

(medicine) To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.