on stage
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2.9
- idiom
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en el escenario
- Yeah, so, now we just need to get you back on stage.
- perform on stage
- actors on stage
- performers on stage
But it only ever works on stage if you are relaxed.
- But it only ever works on stage if you are relaxed.
- OK, that was my first time on stage ever.
- Then I went on stage this morning.
- It used to be on stage, but something happened.
- But whenever I go on stage, I still get nervous.
- When President Trump and Melania came out on stage, it was electric.
- He he doesn't practice what he's going to play on stage when he tours.
- And so next time I got on stage, I was so scared.
- Tell us how you felt being on stage your last concert ever.
- I wasn't there and I'm up on stage and these people did not like me.
- And just seeing us arguing on stage wasn't a whole stainer.
Examples
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When you went on stage the very first time, did you ever get nervous?
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Oh, that I might ever appear on stage in such a magnificent creation!
Fiction book (1991) -
OK, that was my first time on stage ever.
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Then I went on stage this morning.
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And so next time I got on stage, I was so scared.
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We should get him up on stage with you.
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But whenever I go on stage, I still get nervous.
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The scene began with Jeff alone on stage, staring out into the wings.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm thrilled to be here on stage with Michael Pollan.
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The actress was excited to perform on stage for the first time in front of a live audience.
Synonyms
95
3.5
On the part of a stage that the audience can see during a performance
Antonyms
- Jargon
A place to the right of the stage where actors wait out of view of the audience
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward locative composition of 'on' (location/position) + 'stage' (a raised platform for performances), so the meaning 'appearing or performing in front of an audience' is directly derivable from the constituents. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common pattern (preposition + place) that a B1 learner who knows both words should understand immediately.
Etymology
On stage comes from live theater, where actors stand on the raised area called the stage so the audience can see them. So, being on stage now means 'appearing or performing in front of an audience'.