steal the limelight
grabbing the public’s attention, similar in derivation to stealing the spotlight as the old technology of super-heating limestone with an oxyhydrogen flame was used in theatrical spotlights before the widespread use of electricity.
the indians and red sox were in a heated battle for the pennant but instead we watched george steinbrenner steal the limelight for the yankees with his offer of a one-year manager’s contract to joe torre that same day.
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