Stakes
Stakes noun - The money risked on a gamble.
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
Both words in one sentence
-
Basically included hidden caltrops, made of iron, followed by spiked pits, and then upward-pointing branching stakes, designed to take a horse in the chest.
Source: Caltrops -
Before he can take this final chance to be a "history maker" by dooming his own species, incidentally saving the world at the same time, Annie stakes him.
Source: Series / Being Human (UK) -
Haken and Kaguya take a close second in the ambivalence stakes, coming from a world that's already known for inter-dimensional portals.
Source: Video Game / Project X Zone
Cite this Source
Take and Stakes. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stakes/take
Stakes & Take. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stakes/take>.
Take or Stakes. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stakes/take.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "stakes" and "take" have occurred on timeline