stake (one's) claim
stake (one's) claim
To assert one's ownership of or right to something. John rushed to New York to stake his claim to his father's inheritance money.
See also: claim, stake
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
stake (out) a/your ˈclaim to somebody/something
say that you have a special interest in somebody/something, or have a right to own something, especially to warn other people not to take it: Both countries have staked out a claim to the land.If you staked out your claim to some land, you put stakes (= wooden posts) in the ground to mark the limits of land that you claimed was yours.See also: claim, somebody, something, stake
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- stake a/your claim to somebody/something
- claim
- call your own
- (something) to call (one's) own
- call one's own
- a claim to fame
- claim to fame
- claim to fame, one's
- call somebody's bluff
- call someone's bluff