stake out something

(WATCH)

Definition

› to secretly watch a place, esp. for illegal activity: A group of reporters staked out the hallway, hoping to catch the singer on her way out.

(Definition of stake out something (WATCH) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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