lay claim to

Idioms and Phrases

Assert one's right to or ownership of, as in “What claim lays she to thee?” (Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors , 3:2). [Late 1500s] Also see stake a claim .

Related Words

• allege
• ask
• assert
• believe
• call for
• challenge
• collect
• declare
• defend
• hold
• insist
• need
• take