go to the stake

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go to the stake (mainly British)

if you say you would go to the stake for a belief or principle, you mean you would risk anything in order to defend it

Usage notes: In the past, the stake was the wooden post to which people were tied before being burned to death as a punishment.

She believed passionately that the government were wrong on this issue and was prepared to go to the stake for her views.

See also: stake

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