go to the stake for
go to the stake for (something)
To be willing to do anything in defense of one's beliefs. A stake is a pole to which people were once tied when being burned alive as a form of execution. These protests are dangerous—are you really ready to go to the stake for your beliefs?
See also: go, stake
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
go to the stake for
do anything to defend a specified belief, opinion, or person.In the past, especially during times of religious persecution, heretics were liable to be tied to a wooden stake and burned alive if they refused to recant their beliefs.
See also: go, stake
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- go to the stake
- stripe
- true colors
- your, his, etc. true colours
- (one's) (true) stripes
- (one's) true color(s)
- (one's) true colours
- air (one's) opinion
- against (one's) principles
- have the courage of your convictions