offstage

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off‧stage/ˌɒfˈsteɪdʒ◂ $ ˌɒːf-/ adverb
1. just behind or to the side of a stage in a theatre, where the people watching a play cannot see OPP onstage:
　 ▪ There was a loud crash offstage.

2. when an actor is not acting:
　 ▪ Offstage, Peter seemed a shy sort of person.

—offstage adjective:
　 ▪ offstage noises

adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Offstage, Peter always seemed a quiet, shy sort of person.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But until then, the mustachioed 44-year-old with drowsy eyes is remaining scrupulously offstage.
▪ Halie, his wife, spends a lot of time offstage.
▪ He rushed offstage and up to Lesley-Jane's dressing room.
▪ In the first London stage production, Sweeney pursued Doris with a razor, and her screams were heard offstage.
▪ Miki then dives offstage during Ministry's set.
▪ She herself did not expect to lead: she had all the success and power she needed, offstage.
▪ The two were as different offstage as on.
▪ Though Cosby joked about it, Ennis' school performance in those years was anything but funny offstage.