To take attention from someone else’s accomplishements or good news
to get it for themselves
You can use this phrase in ………… language.
Spoken
Informal
Example 1
Molly really stole my thunder when I told the girls that our son starts talking. She starts bragging that their Cathy could talk since she was ten months.
Example 2
I was telling everyone a joke I heard yesterday and my colleague just interrupted me to tell a different one. I hate it when he steals my thunder.
