- steal the spotlight
- mainly American
be in the spotlight - to get attention and interest from the public.
It was said that he was jealous of his wife because she stole the spotlight from him.
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steal the spotlight — {v. phr.} To attract attention away from a person or thing that people should be watching. * /When the maid walked on the stage and tripped over a rug, she stole the spotlight from the leading players./ * /Just as the speaker began, a little dog… … Dictionary of American idioms
steal the spotlight — {v. phr.} To attract attention away from a person or thing that people should be watching. * /When the maid walked on the stage and tripped over a rug, she stole the spotlight from the leading players./ * /Just as the speaker began, a little dog… … Dictionary of American idioms
steal the spotlight — steal the spotlight/limelight/ phrase to do something that makes people pay more attention to you than to other people Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: steal … Useful english dictionary
steal\ the\ spotlight — v. phr. To attract attention away from a person or thing that people should be watching. When the maid walked on the stage and tripped over a rug, she stole the spotlight from the leading players. Just as the speaker began, a little dog ran up… … Словарь американских идиом
steal the show — {v. phr.} To act or do so well in a performance that you get most of the attention and the other performers are unnoticed. * /Mary was in only one scene of the play, but she stole the show from the stars./ … Dictionary of American idioms
steal the show — {v. phr.} To act or do so well in a performance that you get most of the attention and the other performers are unnoticed. * /Mary was in only one scene of the play, but she stole the show from the stars./ … Dictionary of American idioms
steal the limelight — steal the spotlight/limelight/ phrase to do something that makes people pay more attention to you than to other people Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: steal … Useful english dictionary
the\ spotlight — See: steal the spotlight … Словарь американских идиом
The Young Bucks — Jeremy Buck (left) and Max Buck (right) in 2010 on TNA Impact!. Ring name(s) Generation Me[1] The Jackson Brothers … Wikipedia
steal — I UK [stiːl] / US [stɪl] verb Word forms steal : present tense I/you/we/they steal he/she/it steals present participle stealing past tense stole UK [stəʊl] / US [stoʊl] past participle stolen UK [ˈstəʊlən] / US [ˈstoʊlən] *** Other ways of saying … English dictionary
