noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
hog
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You're presenting a message, not hogging the limelight !
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He is brimming with ideas, but in the past has been accused of hogging the limelight .
steal
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Do you feel a bit disappointed that they've come along and perhaps stolen your limelight ?
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Proud though he was of his wife, Charles could not help noticing she was stealing the limelight .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
steal the show/limelight/scene
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However it was Neil Freeman who stole the show getting the better of all three Writtle players.
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It was only his second international but again out half Eric Elwood stole the show with a marvellous and mature performance.
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Kevin played to 50,000 at Glastonbury, stole the show at the Cambridge but somehow his name never quite stuck.
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Mr Bodison all but steals the show.
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Proud though he was of his wife, Charles could not help noticing she was stealing the limelight.
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Tailoring didn't steal the show, but jackets were there for women who can't imagine a wardrobe without them.
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When it came to grabbing the headlines, it was regularly the opposition that stole the show.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Do you feel a bit disappointed that they've come along and perhaps stolen your limelight ?
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He gave the Bruins another scorer, more size, more rebounding, and the actor in him enjoyed the limelight .
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Nader is relishing the leverage and the limelight .
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Otherwise, staff members can feel they are doing all the real work while the boss is usurping the limelight .
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The city a secure armed camp, Daley was enjoying himself and the glow of the limelight .
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The force is rightly stepping back from the limelight .
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You're presenting a message, not hogging the limelight !