steal someone's thunder (English, verb)
expansion: steal someone's thunder (third-person singular simple present steals someone's thunder, present participle stealing someone's thunder, simple past stole someone's thunder, past participle stolen someone's thunder)
Senses:
glosses: To appropriate someone's ideas or information, typically in order to look better at that person's expense.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To detract from someone's accomplishments or glory; to undermine.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: steals someone's thunder
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stealing someone's thunder
tags: participle
present
form: stole someone's thunder
tags: past
form: stolen someone's thunder
tags: participle
past