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121stake — See: at stake, pull up stakes …
122stake — steɪk n. post that is sharpened at one end for driving into the ground; post to which a person who is sentenced to death by burning is tied; execution by burning; wager, bet; investment, share v. risk, gamble; finance, underwrite; mark off a… …
123stake-out — a police trap where a crime is anticipated There has been a previous survey of the location: ... he was running a stake out... over in the meat packing department, (van Lustbaden, 1983) …
124stake n — Being burned at the stake is a rare experience but is seldom well done …
125stake a claim — assert one s right to something. → stake …
126stake someone/thing out — informal keep a person or place under surveillance. → stake …
127stake something out — mark an area with stakes so as to claim ownership. → stake …
128stake — I. n. 1. Stick (pointed for driving into the ground), picket, pale. 2. Wager, bet, pledge. 3. Risk, hazard, venture, adventure. 4. Martyrdom (by fire). II. v. a. Risk, venture, hazard, peril, imperil, jeopardize, wager, pledge, put at stake, put… …
