stake sth out
— phrasal verb with stake uk/steɪk/us/steɪk/verb [ T ]
(WATCH)
to watch a place continuously in order to catch criminals or to see a famous person:
The police staked out the hotel where the two terrorists were reported to be staying.
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Detection & solving crimes
- all-points bulletin
- APB
- breath test
- breathalyse
- Breathalyser
- fingerprint
- frisk
- genetic fingerprinting
- identity parade
- informant
- lie detector
- manhunt
- mugshot
- neighbourhood watch
- random breath test
- RBT
- reconstruction
- reward
- rogues' gallery
- videofit
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(MAKE CLEAR)
to establish or make clear your opinion or position on something:
Two of the president's chief advisers have staked out opposite positions on this issue.
New software companies are going to find it hard staking out a position in an already crowded market.
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Expressing and asking opinions
- apothegm
- ask
- come out
- couch
- day
- editorialize
- far
- for my money idiom
- pronounce
- put
- put yourself across
- remark
- run
- run sth by sb
- screed
- soapbox
- sound off
- stake
- talk
- talk sth over
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