stick out
phrasal verbstick out
- to be easily seen or noticed synonym stand out (from/against something)
- They wrote the notice in big red letters so that it would stick out.
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stick out (of something) | stick something out (of something)
- to be further out than something else or to come through a hole; to push something further out than something else or through a hole
- His ears stick out.
- She stuck her tongue out at me.
- Don't stick your arm out of the car window.