- stake 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.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
stake someone out
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stake someone or something out — 1. tv. o position a person so that someone or something can be observed or followed. □ The cops staked the car out and made the arrest. CD Barlowe staked out the apartment building and watched patiently for an hour. 2. tv. to position a person to … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
stake someone/thing out — informal keep a person or place under surveillance. → stake … English new terms dictionary
stake someone/something out — informal continuously watch a place or person in secret they d staked out Culley s house for half a day … Useful english dictionary
stake 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 … New idioms dictionary
stake — stake1 noun 1》 a strong post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a tree, form part of a fence, etc. ↘historical a wooden post to which a person was tied before being burned alive as a punishment. 2》 a small anvil,… … English new terms dictionary
stake — stake1 [ steık ] noun ** 1. ) count a wooden or metal post with a pointed end that is used for supporting or marking something a ) the stake a thick wooden pole that someone was tied to and burned in the past as a punishment: be burned at the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stake — stake1 W3 [steık] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 at stake 2¦(company/business)¦ 3 have a stake in something 4¦(money risked)¦ 5 high stakes 6¦(pointed stick)¦ 7 the stake 8 in the popularity/fashion etc stakes 9 (be prepared to) go to the stake for/over something … Dictionary of contemporary English
stake — stake1 /stayk/, n., v., staked, staking. n. 1. a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc. 2. a post to which a person is bound for execution, usually by burning. 3 … Universalium
stake out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stake out : present tense I/you/we/they stake out he/she/it stakes out present participle staking out past tense staked out past participle staked out 1) stake out something to explain your opinion clearly and … English dictionary
stake — I UK [steɪk] / US noun Word forms stake : singular stake plural stakes ** 1) a) [countable] business the part of a business that you own because you have invested money in it stake in: They took a 40% stake in the company last year. a… … English dictionary
