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grandstand definition

grand·stand (grand′stand′)

noun

the main seating structure for spectators at a sporting event, etc.

intransitive verb

to try to gain the applause or admiration of an audience by or as by making an unnecessarily showy play (grandstand play), as in baseball

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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