stick out
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stick out → stick out at stick1(PHRASAL VERB)
stick out
stick out phrasal verb (see also stick)
1. if something sticks out, you notice it because part of it comes out further than the rest of a surface:
The children were so thin their ribs stuck out.
stick out of/from/through etc
Paul’s legs were sticking out from under the car.
2. stick it out to continue doing something that is difficult, painful, or boring:
It wasn’t a happy period of his life, but he stuck it out.
3. stick your neck out informal to risk giving your opinion about something, even though you may be wrong or other people may disagree with you:
I’m going to stick my neck out with some predictions for the next two years.
4. stick out to somebody/stick out in sb’s mind to seem more important to someone than other people or things:
The thing that sticks out to me is that they need more help than they’re getting.
⇨ stick/stand out a mile at mile(5), ⇨ stick out like a sore thumb at sore1(6)
stick out phrasal verb (see also stick)
1. if something sticks out, you notice it because part of it comes out further than the rest of a surface:
stick out of/from/through etc
2. stick it out to continue doing something that is difficult, painful, or boring:
3. stick your neck out informal to risk giving your opinion about something, even though you may be wrong or other people may disagree with you:
4. stick out to somebody/stick out in sb’s mind to seem more important to someone than other people or things:
⇨ stick/stand out a mile at mile(5), ⇨ stick out like a sore thumb at sore1(6)