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| at stake |
When something is at stake, it is at risk of being lost if people are not successful in saving it. If someone's life is at stake, it is in great danger. |
| bet |
the amount of money or the item at stake when betting. [1/4 definitions] |
| horseshoe |
(plural but used with a singular verb) a game in which players toss horseshoes at a stake some distance away. [1/2 definitions] |
| post1 |
a pole or stake placed upright in the ground to mark or support something. [1/3 definitions] |
| stake1 |
to tie to or lean against a stake in order to give support. [2/4 definitions] |
| stake2 |
If you have a stake in something, it matters to you, and what happens with this thing will affect you. If you have no stake in something, you have no connection to it. |
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