stake out a claim
stake out a claim
To assert one's ownership of or right to something. My great-grandfather staked out a claim to this land over 100 years ago. You can't have this cookie because someone else already staked out a claim on it. Settlers arrived in droves looking to stake out a claim in the fertile new lands.
See also: claim, out, stake
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- stake out (one's) claim
- stake out (one's) claim on (something)
- stake out (one's) claim to (something)
- stake out a claim on (something)
- stake out a claim to
- stake out a claim to (something)
- stake a claim
- stake a claim to
- true as God
- strive against (something)