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stake someone out watch someone, often secretly. A television news crew staked her out from a next-door neighbor's yard. For a week, police staked out the suspect. See also: stake stake out something 1. to claim something belongs to you. To avoid a long wait to eat lunch, one of you stakes out a table and the other gets the food. Lars staked out a cot in a third-floor bedroom and tried to make it seem like his own space. 2. to secretly watch a place. Private detectives staked out their house, went through their garbage, and interviewed their neighbors. See also: stake How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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