staking out

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Present participle of stake out
stake out
To mark off the limits by stakes; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road

Bradley, von Schoenvorts and I, with Miss La Rue's help, staked out the various buildings and the outer wall. When the day was done, we had quite an array of logs nicely notched and ready for our building operations on the morrow, and we were all tired, for after the buildings had been staked out we all fell in and helped with the logging.

stake out
To end the game by hitting the stake peg in the middle of the court
stake out
1. a period of secret surveillance. 2. to assign (as a police officer) to an area usually to conduct a surveillance 3. to maintain a stakeout of 4. to claim as one's own
stake out
act of keeping watch, act of conducting surveillance
stake out
If you stake out a position that you are stating or a claim that you are making, you are defending the boundaries or limits of the position or claim. Those who want to take child abuse seriously today must stake out a humane child protection practice
staking out

    Hyphenation

    stak·ing out

    Turkish pronunciation

    steykîng aut

    Pronunciation

    /ˈstākəɴɢ ˈout/ /ˈsteɪkɪŋ ˈaʊt/
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