stake down

Example Sentences

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In fact, the circus left town before anyone could even stake down the tent.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Total will make an initial payment of $401 million for its 40.1 percent stake, down from a 61.3 percent stake.

From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2014

Saverin, 30, has a $1.1 billion stake, down $960 million since the offering.

From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 17, 2012

Treasury has expressed a desire to hold two stock sales this year, potentially bringing its stake down to perhaps 33 percent.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2011

I expect Browny will have to put a dog-collar and chain on him, and drive a stake down in the kitchen-garden to keep him from eating the cabbages when he’s caterpillaring.

From Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden by Fenn, George Manville