Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 27 compound words that contain steal. The most common are listed below. Open steal in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- steal the showTo be the best performer during a performance.
- steal the baconA traditional children's game, a variant of tag, in which teams try to steal a flag or other item (the "bacon") from the field without being tagged.
- steal a kissTo kiss someone secretly or discreetly.
- steal awayTo leave secretively.
- steal a marchTo gain an advantage unobserved.
- steal someone's thunderTo appropriate someone's ideas or information, typically in order to look better at that person's expense.
- steal the sceneTo dominate a performance through charisma, humour or powerful acting
- steal a glanceTo look quickly at someone or something, hoping that nobody notices the action.
- double stealA situation in which two baserunners attempt to steal a base simultaneously. This is usually called by the manager when there are runners on first base and second base.
- kill stealIn a multiplayer online game, to deal a finishing blow on an enemy that other player(s) had almost killed, without their consent, so that one gets the credit or rewards instead of them.
- coronary stealThe phenomenon where an alteration of circulation patterns leads to a reduction in the blood flow directed to the coronary circulation.
- shop stealTo shoplift.
- life stealAlternative form of lifesteal: A video game mechanic where players can increase their own health by harming other entities.
- steal upTo steal (something).
- steal someone's heartTo captivate someone; to mesmerize someone.
- subclavian steal syndromeA constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde (reversed) flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis or occlusion of the subclavian artery.
- steal someone's identityTo assume another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime; to commit identity theft.
- subclavian steal syndromesplural of subclavian steal syndrome: A constellation of signs and symptoms that arise from retrograde (reversed) flow of blood in the vertebral artery or the internal thoracic artery, due to a proximal stenosis or occlusion of the …
- don't teach your grandmother to steal sheepAlternative form of don't teach your grandmother how to suck eggs.
Compound words 27
- stealthThe attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
- stealerOne who steals; a thief.
- stealershipA car or motorcycle dealership, seen as charging exorbitant prices and trying to rip off customers.
- instealingentering or manifesting surreptitiously
- unstealTo reverse the process of stealing; to return, or never to have taken, something stolen.
- upstealTo steal or creep upward.
- stealageTheft.
- stealectionA rigged election, especially the 2020 United States presidential election as viewed by supporters of Donald Trump.
- outstealTo surpass in stealing; to steal more than.
- restealTo steal again or back.