At stake

prep_phrase

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    to be won or lost; at risk wordnet
  2. 2
    in question or at issue wordnet
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    At issue, at risk. idiomatic

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

Etymology

See stake.

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