stake somewhere/sth out
— phrasal verb with stake uk/steɪk/us/steɪk/verb [ T ]
to mark the limits of an area or a piece of land with wooden sticks in order to claim that you own it
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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Having and owning - general words
- -owned
- attach to sb/sth
- be endowed with sth idiom
- bear
- bearer
- belong
- belong to sb
- call
- claim
- endow
- glint
- hold
- interest
- mistress
- not/never want for anything idiom
- owner
- ownership
- proprietress
- revert to sb
- want
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