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High stakes

Idiom Risk

Meaning

Involving serious risk or significant consequences.

Example Sentences

"Negotiating with investors is a high-stakes game."

Related Expressions

a peaceful resolution

a solution that resolves a conflict calmly

under the table

done secretly or dishonestly, often involving money

fall short

to fail to meet expectations or standards

write one’s own story

to shape one’s own destiny or path in life

behind the times

old-fashioned or not keeping up with modern ideas

build from the ground up

to start something from the very beginning