stand out

verb

1. to be distinctive or conspicuous
2. to refuse to agree, consent, or comply

   they stood out for a better price

3. to protrude or project
4. to navigate a vessel away from a port, harbour, anchorage, etc

noun

1. informal.
   1. a person or thing that is distinctive or outstanding
   2. ( as modifier )

      the standout track from the album

2. a person who refuses to agree or consent

Example Sentences

Divas stand out, they are remarkable in every sense of that word.

From The Daily Beast

Two phrases stand out: be they who they may and broken in from the birth.

From The Daily Beast

This is purely because the images are iconic and still stand out today.

From The Daily Beast

Especially in Brooklyn, the social pressure to stand out can seem suffocating.

From The Daily Beast

Compared to other ethnicities, the numbers really stand out.

From The Daily Beast

The fjord below lay as smooth as a mirror, the outermost headlands and islands seeming to stand out of the water.

From Project Gutenberg

Take a flat surface of clay and see if you can model a reindeer so that it will stand out a little from the surface.

From Project Gutenberg

Modesty is to merit what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.

From Project Gutenberg

The muscles would stand out in her cheeks, the perspiration start upon her forehead.

From Project Gutenberg

But it was carried against the Company, though they stand out against the verdict.

From Project Gutenberg

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