Declare your right to something
It's named as such because you would put stakes in the ground to claim something.
Staking a claim regards asserting claim and or control over an aforementioned object or quantity. The infinitive verb "to stake," historically referred to a wooden marker, also known as a "stake," used to mark property.
with a hammer and a stake
What is mean by Stake
People can not stake a claim to land unless they have the legal right to. Having proof of ownership in the form of a deed is the best way to claim land.
They literally staked a claim by putting pegs(stakes) in the corners of the area claimed.
Well a homesteader is were a pioneer or persone makes there claim and that is were they live there.
yes, no matter what your nationality is.
To stake her claim.
Stake a claim
You ask for THE figurative image and there would be many of them, however the origin of the expression is from the gold rush when people would stick a stake in the ground to claim a piece of land.
It's a reference to a person or thing that moves slowly. 'You have to drive a steak in the ground to see Tom move.'. It's a reference to staking a claim for property. Putting your stake in the ground means you're stake your claim. The idiom means that you're staking your claim to your idea, argument, position. "This seems like the perfect place for our store" elicits the feedback "put your stake in the ground." Is it or isn't it?
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