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

Example Sentences

Others, like the lies he told to try to overturn the 2020 election, stick out for how they were used for a brazen assault on American democracy.

From Slate

Nothing super lucky, but stuff that makes me stick out as a Yankee fan.

From Los Angeles Times

I stick out, clad in my sun shirt and hiking shorts among all the people in bathing suits.

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve said, when I am elected U.S. senator from California, I will begin, on the first day, to go to all other 99 senators — go to their office, stick out my hand and say, ‘I’m Steve Garvey, and I want to work with you for the best interests of my state, your state and the country.’

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s asking for trouble to stick out your neck / In terms of a target, a big silhouette,” Kristofferson sings, “But some candles flicker and some candles fade / And some burn as true as my sister Sinéad.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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