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81stake a/your claim — stake (out) a/your claim : to say or show that you believe you should have something or that you deserve something They staked their claim to the land. With her strong showing in the early rounds of the tournament, she has staked her claim to be… …
82stake money — index handsel, pledge (security) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
83stake one's credit — index promise (vow) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
84stake out — index border (bound), demarcate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
85stake someone out — stake (someone) out watch someone, often secretly. A television news crew staked her out from a next door neighbor s yard. For a week, police staked out the suspect …
86stake out — stake (someone) out watch someone, often secretly. A television news crew staked her out from a next door neighbor s yard. For a week, police staked out the suspect …
87stake out (something) — 1. to claim something belongs to you. To avoid a long wait to eat lunch, one of you stakes out a table and the other gets the food. Lars staked out a cot in a third floor bedroom and tried to make it seem like his own space. 2. to secretly watch… …
88stake-out — ► NOUN informal ▪ a period of secret surveillance …
89stake body — ☆ stake body n. a flat truck body having sockets into which stakes may be fitted, as to support railings …
90stake|boat — «STAYK BOHT», noun. a boat moored or otherwise fixed to serve as a starting point or mark for racing boats …
