staking a claim
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- goldElement seventy-nine
- mineOre excavation site
land · frontier · flag · boundary · deed · ownership · rush · pioneer · settle · plot · rights · declare · stake · ground · property · marker · wilderness · discovery
ownership assertion
staking a claimforfeiting
Losing as penalty
giving up · ceding · yielding · disclaiming · letting go
territorial/positional stance
staking a claimretreating
Moving back from advance
withdrawing · backing off · giving ground · pulling back · vacating
commitment level
staking a claimbowing out
Voluntarily stepping aside
sitting out · opting out · hedging · keeping options open · standing down