Steal One’s Thunder 1100 Words
Steal One’s Thunder 1100 Words
to block your success in calling someone’s attention or doing something in particular by overtaking or forestalling you, prevent or hinder someone from doing something by acting on it in advance, preempt, preclude, avert, obviate, thwart:
For centuries, theatre productions tried to find a good method to produce the sound of thunder. In 1704, an unsuccessful playwright, John Dennis, invented a new method of creating the sound of thunder for his play, Appius and Virginia. The play flopped and was closed down but shortly afterwards, a production of Macbeth started in the same theatre using the very same method of creating thunder. It is reported that Dennis went to the theatre to watch a performance of Macbeth and when he saw that they were using his technique, he said, “Damn them! They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder.” This is how the phrase originated.
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George Clooney has joked that the royal baby “stole his thunder”, after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s first child was born on his birthday. “That kid stole my thunder! [That’s] my birthday!” the Ocean’s 11 star quipped as the audience laughed.
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/
Antonyms: allow, facilitate, enable
Farsi: پیش دستی کردن
French: devancer
Urdu: روکنے کے