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at stake
Idioms and Phrases
At risk to be won or lost, as in We have a great deal at stake in this transaction . This phrase uses stake in the sense of something that is wagered. Shakespeare used it in Troilus and Cressida (3:3): 鈥淚 see my reputation is at stake.鈥 [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
She seems to know what others need to recognize: The lives and fate of these mixed-status families are bound to ours by daily interactions and by the broader reality of what is at stake.
She will admit that polls are tight and that with "the rise of Reform and the risks of a divided left vote, the future of Wales is at stake".
That is half of the division with something at stake, so we have taken a look at the permutations, of which there are many.
Venice and Taft had split two regular-season meetings, both by 2-1 scores, so the Gondoliers鈥 No. 1 pair felt the pressure to set the tone for their team with the City title at stake.
Labour backbenchers in Cardiff Bay are also aware of what is at stake.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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