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?
A homophone for "meat" and "stick in ground" could be "meet" and "stake in ground."
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This phrase is used figuratively to mean taking a definitive action or making a firm decision about something. It suggests commitment and resolve in a particular course of action.
It's not an idiom. The definition of "at stake" is what is being risked in the situation or venture. A stake is a share or ownership in something.
A homophone for "soft four" is "soar." A homophone for "mixture" is "mystery." A homophone for "stick in the ground" is "stake in the ground."
he means that he has a chain attached to him, which is attached to a stake presumably in the ground.
The same as 'grounding' , putting a wire or metal stake into the ground so something attached to it has the same electrical potential
To be "Burnt at the Stake" is to be tied to a piece of wood pounded in the ground (A "Stake") and to be lit on fire. Burning at the stake is is when someone is tied to a wooden stake and the stake is set on fire. You burn to death.
What is mean by Stake
Steak is cooked beef and a stake is something you put in the ground (it could also mean odds, as in "the stakes are high").
A stake is a strong metal, plastic, or wooden stick with a pointed end often driven into the ground. Stakes hold down tents for example.
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Declare your right to something It's named as such because you would put stakes in the ground to claim something.
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A homophone for "meat" and "stick in ground" could be "meet" and "stake in ground."
When I attend the yearly Renaissance Faire, I love to partake in a nice "Steak-On-A-Stake". I would not like to be burned at the stake for that answer. Be careful that you don't trip over that stake in the ground.