First used by Kurt Vonnegut's character Trout in the novel, Breakfast of Champions. It means to take a leak.
by j0hnb0n April 18, 2007

by Mr. Groper January 18, 2015

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.
by Thomas A. Hennigan, Ph.D. November 4, 2007

by Ereck Flowers August 11, 2018

person 1: *takes 4 quarters from fountain*
person 2: Hey! Stop stealing wishes!
person 1: I didn't steal anything.
person 2: Yeah you did. Someone wished on that coin and now you took the coin so you stole it and the wish is in it so you stole the wish.
person 1: huh?
person 2: *takes quarters* Just leave the wishes in there! *throws quarters back in*
person 1: Hey!
person 2: Hey! Stop stealing wishes!
person 1: I didn't steal anything.
person 2: Yeah you did. Someone wished on that coin and now you took the coin so you stole it and the wish is in it so you stole the wish.
person 1: huh?
person 2: *takes quarters* Just leave the wishes in there! *throws quarters back in*
person 1: Hey!
by freakazoid2222242 December 22, 2010

Stealing something from somebody (including a show) who would gladly give somebody something doesn't seem like an action with a lot of honor in it. Being indirect about it instead of straightforward makes somebody more of a liar than a thief.
They would've given him/her the show, as it said to do in the script, but he/she still insisted on a coup to steal the show. Stealing the show had always been his/her true intention, to get the best of any of the other guy there was.
by Solid Mantis February 1, 2021

When you're stealing someone else's memes and posting them on your own social media sites as if they were your own.
Marc is always thrift stealing other people's memes! Nothing about him is original on his timeline except for his name.
by Tricktionary June 15, 2017
