Fill
Fill verb - To put into (something) as much as can be held or contained.
Stake
Stake verb - To provide money for.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Black Comedy: Happens occasionally, such as in An Ache in Every Stake when Moe tells Larry to fill a cake with gas to make it look bigger.
Source: Film / The Three Stooges -
When the WWF bought a controlling stake in George Championship Wrestling, they used previously-filmed WWF footage to fill GCW's World Championship Wrestling Saturday night program on TBS (rather than using matches exclusively filmed for the program, as Vince McMahon had promised Ted Turner).
Source: Dolled-Up Installment - In 2007, Gaia rolled with this and used it both as an opportunity to fill in numerous plot holes, and a chance to play off the predominately female fanbase's Twilight obsession (The massive Vampire Stake Fest that followed more than made up for that though).
Source: Ascended Fanon
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