stake a claim
stake out a claim

But sometimes they need to stake a claim for something too.

I wanted him to really see me, to stake a claim.

We just got to get there first and stake a claim.

"We need somebody to come in and stake a claim."

In this way, it means those who wish to stake a claim may do so.

The two younger artists stake a claim on the attention, too.

He moved out of the county very early in its settlement to stake a claim further west.

It stakes a claim, demanding the attention the music is not getting.

Stake a claim on any piece of real estate you can get them to that's high.

A foreign group which staked a claim might not be so generous.

This project attempts to stake a claim to what African music is and can be.

"We got to buy that graveyard before anyone else stakes a claim!"

"Who'd have thought he'd want to stake a claim on other worlds?"

"That's a hard thing for a Democrat to stake a claim on," he said.

Notably however, he did not stake a claim to take over as head of al-Qaeda.

"You think we could stake a claim on this diamond mine?"

It was, however, the 2005-06 season that saw Johnson stake a claim for a regular first team spot.

We came down here to stake a claim to what's ours."

I'd pick my world now and stake a claim.

Everybody, including the family pets, should be able to stake a claim in the living room and feel thoroughly at home there.

Weeks later he was staking a claim to a recall to the England team.

But until his injury, Foley had staked a claim to the job.

If we want to stake a claim on our place in the world, then this is where we have to move forward.

It would have been so simple to answer yes, to stake a claim to Del and warn him away to another.

"If we move quickly enough, we might be able to stake a claim before the competition does."