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- verb transitive To
mark off thelimits by stakes; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. - verb intransitive, croquet To end the game by hitting the
stake peg in the middle of the court.
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karpkatamala commented on the word stake out
It does not zero in on a phenomenon or stake out unclaimed ground in a subfield.
January 18, 2018