stake down

Example Sentences

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"Not in a sense of arrogance, but in a sense of, 'We've got to put that stake down and say, They're not crossing that line.'"

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2015

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

From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 17, 2012

Centerbridge Partners, which owns 17.3 percent, will sell its stake down to 12.5 percent.

From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2011

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