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Word of the Day: Upstage
There are times when everyone likes to be the centre of attention.
Animals want to have attention, too.
Imagine that you are visiting a fantastic zoo.
The zebras are strutting their stuff, and the hippos are opening their mouths wide so everyone can see their excellent dental hygiene.
The meerkats are standing up, pretending to be sleepy, so someone will think they’re Instagram-worthy and post them on Instagram, but baby pandas upstage everyone.
Upstage means to take the attention away from someone else. In competitions, one person is always trying to upstage another to win.
That’s right, baby pandas in a zoo steal everyone’s thunder.
Zebras, hippos and meerkats can’t compete with baby pandas – baby pandas upstage everyone except my adorable Shiba Inu Sora-chan.
You should realize by now that upstage means to take the attention away from someone else.
Baby pandas are professional attention grabbers even before they are born.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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