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.
See also:
  • 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)
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  • stake a claim to
  • true as God
  • strive against (something)