To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.
To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
To treat snobbishly.
To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
Toward or at the rear of a theatrical stage.
Away from the audience or camera.
At the rear of a stage.
The part of a stage that is farthest from the audience or camera.