at stake
Definition
C2 If something that is valuable is at stake, it is in a situation where it might be lost: Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon.Unsafe and insecure
(Definition of at stake from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be on the line idiom
- endangered adjective
- exposed adjective
- hang by a thread idiom
- hang over sth phrasal verb
- indefensible adjective
- insecure adjective (NOT SAFE)
- jeopardy noun
- precarious adjective
- precariously adverb
- sb's/sth's days are numbered idiom
- shadow noun (DARKNESS)
- shaky adjective (WEAK)
- struggle verb (EFFORT)
- threat noun
- unattended adjective
- unbalanced adjective (NOT FIRM)
- unguarded adjective
- unsound adjective (WEAK)
- unstable adjective
Topic:
Unsafe and insecure
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