stake a/ claim

stake a/your claim

to make it clear that you want something, and that you think you deserve to get it (often + to ) Descendants of the original settlers are going to court to stake their claim to the land. In order to stake a claim for world prominence in astronomy, the university is building a huge new optical telescope.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Remigio	re-MEE-jo (Italian)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Kalypso	-	Greek Mythology
Raisel	-	Yiddish
JÉRÉMie	-	French
Rafa'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
Fern	[fə:n]