Make it
Make it verb - Succeed in a big way; get to the top.
Stake
Stake verb - To provide money for.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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A similar was used in An Ache in Every Stake where the Three Stooges must deliver an ice block to a house atop a very long staircase, but the ice always melts by the time they make it to the top.
Source: Absurdly Long Stairway -
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 - Made even worse in that you're set on a course to rescue this character, the enemy deliberately blocks your way (not to defeat you, but merely to slow you down) and you make it just instants after Lianne has been burned at the stake.
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