stake a claim

1. Also, stake out a claim. Indicate something as one's own, as in I'm staking a claim to the drumstick, or She staked out a claim for herself in the insurance business. This term, dating from the mid-1800s, originally meant “register a claim to land by marking it with stakes.” It was being used figuratively by the late 1800s.

Example Sentences

She certainly seems to be having a blast on party-centric club cuts like Romeo and Tonight, while Illegal can stake a claim to being song of the summer after its opening lyrics – "My name is Pink and it's really nice to meet you" – inspired more than 39 million TikToks.

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Still, this was never likely to be a day in which Archer blew away a batting line-up to stake a claim for a Test place.

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With Hartley, nine years Dawson's junior, in the ODI squad, he has the first chance to stake a claim for a place at the 50-over World Cup in 2027.

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"You're asking for people to stake a claim and I don't think any of them did in a major sense," said Green.

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With all the home nations facing off against each other, it was the perfect Six Nations weekend to stake a claim.

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