phrasal verb

Stick out

Rank #2061Letter SInseparable

2Sections

Be easily noticed

Meanings

  • Be easily noticed (intransitive, International English)
  • Extend part of your body (separable [optional], International English)
  • Continue doing something difficult or unpleasant (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • He's so much better than the others that he STICKS OUT.
  • He STUCK his tongue OUT at me.
  • I STUCK it OUT even though I hated every minute of it.

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