at stake

at stake
at stake
Fig. ready to be won or lost; at risk; hanging in the balance. •

That's a very risky investment. How much money is at stake?

I have everything at stake on this wager.

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{adj. phr.} Depending, like a bet, on the outcome of something uncertain; in a position to be lost or gained. * /The team played hard because the championship of the state was at stake./ * /The farmers were more anxious for rain than the people in the city because they had more at stake./ Compare: HANG IN THE BALANCE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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