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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word steal someone's thunder:

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  1. steal someone's thunder: Merriam-Webster
  2. steal someone's thunder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. steal someone's thunder, steal someone's thunder: Collins English Dictionary
  4. steal someone's thunder: Wiktionary
  5. steal someone's thunder, steal someones thunder: Dictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (steal someone's thunder)

verb:  (idiomatic) To appropriate someone's ideas or information, typically in order to look better at that person's expense.
verb:  (idiomatic) To detract from someone's accomplishments or glory; to undermine.


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