take centre stage
phrase
to be more important or receive more attention than anyone or anything else:
He took centre stage in his party's struggle with the unions.他在其政党与工会的较量中大出风头。
He was happy for his wife to take centre stage.
It was left to Heather to take centre stage in the negotiations.
Concerns about the state of the city's schools took centre stage in the debate.
The chef prefers to remain in the background and let his cooking take centre stage.
See also
centre stageUK
take centre stage
idiom
to be at the centre of attention: 成为关注的焦点
She always likes to take centre stage in whatever she does.她无论做什么，都喜欢成为关注的焦点。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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(from) under your noseidiom
apparent
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be etched somewhereidiom
be writ largeidiom
flagrantly
foregone conclusion
glaring
glaringly
I need hardly do somethingidiom
obtrude
overtly
palpable
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parallax
patently
squeaky
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