Usually means: Outshine others in the spotlight.
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  1. steal the show: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. steal the show: Collins English Dictionary
  3. steal the show: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (steal the show)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic, intransitive, entertainment) To be the best performer during a performance.

Similar:
steal, steal the scene, walk off with, come on, put up a show, strut one's stuff, outstunt, grandstand, play first fiddle, have the best of it, more...

Opposite:
blend in, go unnoticed, be overshadowed

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Similar:
steal, steal the scene, walk off with, come on, put up a show, strut one's stuff, outstunt, grandstand, play first fiddle, have the best of it, more...

Opposite:
blend in, go unnoticed, be overshadowed



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