at stake

English

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Prepositional phrase

at stake

1. (idiomatic) At issue, at risk.

   What is at stake in these next 20 minutes is the championship.

   Doesn't he realize that all of our lives are at stake here too?

   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     I see my reputation is at stake
     My fame is shrewdly gored.

Translations

at issue, at risk

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: en joc (ca)
• Dutch: op het spel
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pelissä
• French: en jeu (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: auf dem Spiel
• Irish: i ngeall
• Italian: in ballo, in gioco, a rischio, in palio, posta in gioco f
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
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• Mandarin:

  Simplified: ^{(please verify)} 危险的 (zh)

• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: na szali, zagrożony (pl)
• Portuguese: em jogo
• Russian: на кону́ (ru) (na konú), на ка́рте (na kárte)
• Scottish Gaelic: an geall
• Spanish: en juego
• Swedish: på spel
• Thai: เป็นเดิมพัน
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• up the ante
• on the line
• ride on