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at stake

Fig. ready to be won or lost; at risk; hanging in the balance. That's a very risky investment. How much money is at stake? I have everything at stake on this wager.

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For this decline political confusion is the chief cause; first, in the renewal of the Hundred Years' War, with its sordid effort to deprive another nation of its liberty, and then in the brutal and meaningless War of the Roses, a mere cut-throat civil butchery of rival factions with no real principle at stake. A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context Her whole happiness seemed at stake, while the affair was in suspense, and everything secured when it was determined that the lodgings should be taken for another fortnight. Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context If you don't succeed with them it only proves that you've not enough cash, but in this case one's dignity's at stake. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context			at night at no time at odds at once at one fell swoop at one sitting at one time at one time or another at own game at pains to at peace at peace with at play at point-blank range at present at random at regular intervals at request at rest at risk at sea at sea level at service at sixes and sevens at some time sharp at stake at that rate at the appointed time at the back of beyond at the back of mind at the best of times at the bottom of the heap at the bottom of the hour at the bottom of the ladder at the chalkface at the coalface at the crack of dawn at the cutting edge at the double at the drop of a hat at the eleventh hour at the end of nowhere at the end of rope at the end of the day at the expense of at the forefront at the hands of at the height of at the helm at the last gasp at the last minute			at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at side at side at side at side AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight at sign at sign at sign at signs at signs at signs at sixes and sevens at sixes and sevens at sixes and sevens at some length at some time sharp at someone's mercy at square one at square one at square one at stake AT Still University of Health Sciences at strain at strain at strain at strain at stud at stud at stud at swords' points at swords' points at swords' points At symbol At symbol At symbol at that at that at that place at that rate at that rate at that rate at that rate at that rate at that rate at the appointed time at the back of beyond at the back of mind at the beginning At the bell at the best at the best of times

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