stake somewhere/sth out
— phrasal verb with stake /steɪk/ verb [T]Definition
› to mark the limits of an area or a piece of land with wooden sticks in order to claim that you own itHaving and owning - general words › to show clearly that you claim the right to own, control, or use a particular area, for example by putting personal things there: Each gang in the city has staked out its territory and defends it from other gangs. They arrived early for the concert and staked out a place at the front of the queue.Having and owning - general words
(Definition of stake somewhere/sth out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Belongings and possessions
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- Getting, receiving and accepting
- Giving, bringing or getting back
- Having in your hands
- Keeping and storing things
- Reciprocating
- Removing and getting rid of things
- Stop having or doing something
- Taking and choosing
- Taking things away from someone or somewhere
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Synonyms and related words:
- -owned suffix
- attach to sb/sth phrasal verb
- be endowed with sth idiom
- bearer noun
- belong to sb phrasal verb
- boast verb (HAVE)
- call verb (CONSIDER)
- glint verb
- hold verb (CONTROL)
- interest noun (LEGAL RIGHT)
- make sth (all) your own idiom
- mistress noun (WOMAN IN CONTROL)
- not/never want for anything idiom
- own determiner, pronoun
- owner noun
- possessive adjective (PERSON)
- proprietress noun
- reside in sth/sb phrasal verb
- revert to sb phrasal verb
- title noun (LEGAL RIGHT)
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