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Someone steals your thunder if they take attention or praise away from you, usually by doing what you were about to do first. It could mean taking someone's idea as your own, by doing something big at another event like proposing at someone else's wedding, or by announcing big news just before someone else announces theirs.
I was going to announce my pregnancy at Thanksgiving, but my sister announced hers first and stole my thunder!