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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. She believed passionately that the government were wrong on this issue and was prepared to go to the stake for her views.
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There was a sort of patient, humorous endurance in his expression which indicated that he would go to the stake if need be, but would keep on looking pleasant until he really had to begin squirming.
 
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