steal someone's thunder
idiom
                                
              
          
                                                      : to prevent someone from having success or getting attention, praise, etc., by doing or saying whatever that person was planning to do or say                                      
              
                             
I didn't mean to steal your thunder, but I just had to tell your mom about your promotion.
                         
                
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