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onstage

adverb or adjective on·stage \ˈȯn-ˈstāj, ˈän-, -ˌstāj\

: on or onto a stage and in front of an audience

Full Definition of ONSTAGE

:  on or onto a stage :  on a part of the stage visible to the audience
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First Known Use of ONSTAGE

1925

Rhymes with ONSTAGE

backstage, birdcage, broad-gauge, coon's age, dark age, downstage, encage, engage, enrage, forestage, front-page, greengage, ice age, Iron Age, new age, offstage, outrage, presage, rampage, rib cage, road rage, roll cage, soundstage, space-age, substage, teenage, thrust stage, uncage, upstage

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