Staking out

Synonyms for staking out
verb demand, maintain property or right

hold
challenge
defend
insist
call for
assert
collect
need
take

ask
believe
allege
declare
knock
hit
uphold
vindicate
advance

require
pretend
pronounce
adduce
requisition
solicit
postulate
profess
exact

justify
pick up
pop the question
have dibs on something
hit up
hold out for
lay claim to
stake out

Antonyms for staking out

disbelieve
forsake
desert
deny
reject

repudiate
conceal
hide
disclaim
abandon

quit
stop
answer
give
question

Synonyms
verb delimit, outline

delineate
set
mark
limit
distinguish
establish
encircle
rim

girdle
fix
envelop
bound
surround
edge
flank
gird

settle
enclose
verge
compass
curb
circumscribe
encompass
confine

border
demarcate
belt
fence in
mark out
set bounds to
stake out
wall in

Antonyms

unloose
unsettle
aid
assist
release

center
distort
tangle
let go
help

free
open
lose
confuse
twist

Synonyms
verb check into thoroughly

search
inspect
consider
explore
study
probe
question
scrutinize
interrogate
examine
review
prospect

spy
scout
tap
frisk
inquire
dig
research
read
sift
poke
reconnoiter
case

delve
pry
bug
check out
go into
look into
run down
eyeball
muckrake
wiretap
be all ears
check over

check up
feel out
give the once over
inquisite
listen in
look over
look-see
make inquiry
nose around
put to the test
stake out

Antonyms

ignore
reply
forget

neglect
answer
overlook

leave alone

Synonyms
verb characterize

signify
show
feature
indicate
identify
demonstrate
illustrate
evince
exemplify

remark
evidence
exhibit
stamp
individualize
brand
proclaim
singularize
betoken

label
bespeak
qualify
manifest
distinguish
earmark
signalize
denote
designate

check off
point out
show up
individuate
mark off
ostend
point up
set apart
stake out

Antonyms

conceal
hide

confuse
cover

Synonyms
verb investigate, check out

explore
inspect
examine
case
spy
search

probe
spot
hunt
watch
observe
survey

reconnoiter
seek
rustle up
take in
ferret
have a look-see

look for
run reconnaissance
set eyes on
stake out
track down

Antonyms

ignore
shun

find
overlook

neglect

Synonyms
verb secretly follow, watch another’s actions

examine
discover
snoop
scrutinize
case
sleuth
notice
glimpse
scout

trail
watch
spot
search
meddle
tail
observe
reconnoiter
shadow

pry
peep
view
take in
eyeball
stag
catch sight of
fish out
get a load of

keep under surveillance
look for
recon
set eyes on
stake out
take note

Antonyms

ignore
miss

neglect
overlook

Synonyms
verb scrutinize, take stock of

overlook
scan
oversee
evaluate
review
inspect
check out
assess
examine
observe
supervise

canvass
estimate
check
case
prospect
assay
plot
read
valuate
study
size

value
research
contemplate
rate
plan
measure
superintend
scope
summarize
view
reconnoiter

appraise
look over
check over
check up
give the once over
look upon
set at
size up
stake out
test the waters

Antonyms

ignore
follow

serve
neglect

forget