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Meanings of offstage in English

Catalan
bastidors
Spanish
bambalinas

A stage area out of sight of the audience.

bastidors

Situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience.

Concealed from public view or attention.

Offstage.

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Examples for "backstage"
Examples for "backstage"
1
Speaking backstage, Dec said: It's been a tough year personally and professionally.
BBC
2
They climbed a short set of steps to a small backstage area.
Depraved
3
Also backstage, Sasha and Bayley accept a four team challenge for WrestleMania.
The South African
4
If that's true, every performance requires time in rehearsal and backstage beforehand.
Ebony
5
I reminded the dancers that we'd spoken backstage a few weeks ago.
Body work
Usage of offstage in English
1
She may have given him a few choice words, offstage, who knows.
Ebony
2
News of offstage suicides are reported as if in a Greek tragedy.
The Guardian
3
An offstage male voice intrudes with recondite statements about time and history.
The Irish Times
4
It's easy to imagine her grandparents, somewhere offstage, smiling along with her.
The Guardian
5
Lyre players nowadays demand at least two thousand before they shift offstage.
Shadows in Bronze
6
But her power as a performer masked some of her offstage insecurities.
Radio NZ
7
A reformer named Mikhail Gorbachev is waiting just offstage for his cue.
Radio NZ
8
But the singer could only do 16 songs before being helped offstage.
Radio NZ
9
She seemed relieved to be going offstage when the song was done.
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
10
Those offstage noises are a distraction, but they can be dealt with.
The Irish Times
11
The brilliance of the book is that all the drama is offstage.
The Irish Times
12
He used even Johnny Simms as an offstage voice repeating stern commands.
Operation: Outer Space
13
I was uncomfortable and wanted to cut them off and scramble offstage.
The Power of Giving
14
Their applause swells as he walks offstage with a modest little wave.
The dog said bow-wow
15
It had taken years before he allowed Stony to see this offstage version.
Raising Stony Mayhall
16
When she saw the incoming number, she hurried offstage and picked it up.
Caught
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Translations for offstage
Catalan
bastidors
Offstage through the time
Offstage across language varieties
United States of America
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