at stake

Meaning

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   that can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action

   There is so much at stake.

In the movies · 31

• One man is dead. Another man's life is at stake.12 Angry Men1957
• - Erika! - Sir?Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• With so much at stake all you can think of is your feelings.Casablanca1943
• Human freedom is at stake.Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
• And people's lives are at stake.The Taking of Pelham 1232009
• My family, my marriage is at stake.Match Point2005
• There is so much at stake.Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• ...everyone's money would be at stake.The Dark Knight2008

Learn it in full scenes

• 12 Angry Men1957
  • Jurors Gather in the Jury Room
  • Juror 8 Votes Not Guilty
  • The Jurors Go Around the Table
• Casablanca1943
  • Ugarte Hands Rick the Letters
  • Ferrari Tries to Buy Rick's Café
  • Renault Warns Rick About Laszlo
• Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
  • Dagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal
  • Dagny and Rearden's Metal Deal
  • Rearden Gives Lillian a Metal Gift

From the same entry

• go to the stake over
• in the… stakes
• up sticks
• stake a claim
• stake out

More idioms

• go with the flow
• know better
• make all the difference
• make the most of
• be done with
• kill two birds with one stone
• over again
• to hell with
• be to blame
• in return
• get the hell out
• on duty