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stick out

verb

  1. to project or cause to project
  2. informal.
    tr to endure (something disagreeable) (esp in the phrase stick it out )
  3. stick out a mile or stick out like a sore thumb informal.
    to be extremely obvious
  4. stick out for
    intr to insist on (a demand), refusing to yield until it is met

    the unions stuck out for a ten per cent wage rise

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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And one post-pardon case is already sticking out for sheer depravity.

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An elephant is a beautiful animal, but pick it apart and it's got a long wrinkly nose, strange side glancing eyes, huge sticking out ears and a big fat stomach.

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Dressed in a brown leather jacket, crisply pressed blue jeans and a cream-colored cowboy hat, he sticks out his hand and says, “I’m Charley with an –ey,” then flashes a roguish grin.

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Branneisha's feeling of sticking out and being overlooked at the same time while overweight is one others can relate to.

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