A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.

(idiomatic, obsolete) Used to form idioms meaning "to force someone to work hard or to focus intensely upon their work".

(idiomatic) Hard at work.

(idiomatic) To act or make purchases for status or image rather than out of need, especially for the purpose of competing with friends, neighbors, or society.

(horse racing) Across the finish line. / (idiomatic) At the last minute; before the deadline; barely on time; nearly late.

The slow westward shift of the equinoxes along the plane of the ecliptic, resulting from precession of the earth's axis of rotation, and causing the equinoxes to occur earlier each year

(idiomatic) Unlikely to happen or be important in the near future, or tending to escape detection or attention.

(idiomatic) Without attracting notice; in an undetected or secretive manner.

Alternative spelling of over the top (see usage notes).

(idiomatic, of a work submitted for publication) Unsolicited.