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Meaning
noun the rear part of the stage
verb treat snobbishly, put in one's place
verb move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
originFrom up- + stage. The figurative uses “haughty” and “to draw attention away” derive from actors moving to a higher and thus more visible position on a sloped stage.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0