offstage

adj, adv, verb — 4 senses

offstage

adj

Etymology From off + stage.

1

Of or relating to that part of a stage not visible to the audience.

2

Of or relating to the private life of a celebrity.

offstage

adv

Etymology From off + stage.

1

Taking place offstage (as above).

Antonyms: onstage

offstage

verb

Etymology From off + stage.

1

To relegate (part of a play) to the offstage area, rather than showing it to the audience.

A boy has just murdered another one year older than himself, but Morgan offstages the event as a nuntius would the horrors of Greek tragedy.2009, Rodney Edgecombe, Aspects of Form and Genre in the Poetry of Edwin Morgan, page 94:

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