- stake out
- transitive verb Date: 1951 1. to assign (as a police officer) to an area usually to conduct a surveillance 2. to maintain a stakeout of 3. to claim as one's own
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stake out — PHRASAL VERB 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. [V P n (not pron)] Those who want to take child abuse seriously today must stake… … English dictionary
stake·out — /ˈsteıkˌaʊt/ noun, pl outs [count] : a situation in which the police secretly watch a place in order to look for illegal activity The drug deal was witnessed during a stakeout of the building. The police were on a stakeout. see also stake out at… … Useful english dictionary
