"high-stakes" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC:",
          "text": "But it was in the early 2000s that the high-stakes TV pop contest really arrived, along with promises that it would propel a few lucky auditionees to obscene levels of success and fame.",
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        "Involving large costs or rewards."
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        "(idiomatic) Involving large costs or rewards."
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          "word": "alto impacto"
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  "word": "high-stakes"
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  "word": "high-stakes"
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