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at stake
Idioms and Phrases
At risk to be won or lost, as in We have a great deal at stake in this transaction . This phrase uses stake in the sense of something that is wagered. Shakespeare used it in Troilus and Cressida (3:3): “I see my reputation is at stake.” [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
He noted that the calculations are based on the EPA’s own data for each of the rules at stake.
They might even give Liverpool another big scare here but, with what is at stake, I still think the leaders will be fully focused and get the job done again, like they did against Everton.
“They definitely need to make urgent changes, because people’s lives are at stake here,” she said.
“Whatever power the U.S. Constitution envisions for the Executive in its exchanges with other nations or with enemy organizations..., it most assuredly envisions a role for all three branches when individual liberties are at stake.”
Now the sport's biggest prize looks to be at stake.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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