English · Idiom Candidate

stake a claim

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

to assert or establish a right or interest in something

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Tuyên bố hoặc thiết lập quyền lợi hoặc sự quan tâm đối với điều gì

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: drive a stake to mark a boundary

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

His kiss was like no other she'd ever experienced — not a caress, but a declaration of possession, as though he was staking a claim to something that was rightfully his.

HARRIET Harman yesterday staked a claim for Labour as the party for women whose needs she said had been ignored under 13 years of Conservative rule.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “stake a claim” mean?

to assert or establish a right or interest in something Literally: drive a stake to mark a boundary

Is “stake a claim” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

👁 Views 0 today 0 past 7 days 0 this month 0 all time