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stick out

verb

to project or cause to project
informal.
tr to endure (something disagreeable) (esp in the phrase stick it out )
stick out a mile informal.
stick out a milestick out like a sore thumb to be extremely obvious
stick out for
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

They stick out in a Baghdad crowd, but members say that causes them no problems.

The wealthier families and micromanaging parents really stick out in the book.

Three years later, I returned to Beijing and wrote my first novella—Stick Out Your Tongue, inspired by my travels through Tibet.

While I was writing Stick Out Your Tongue in Beijing, the police began knocking on my door again.

Those moments really stick out to me now, after all those years.

That screech was so blamed genuwine I almost fergot to stick out my laig and trip Boston as he come by me.

If this is done, the corners will not stick out when the cloth is finished.

And I shall stick out that he placards on them a notice, that they were shot by you—shot fair and clean, by God!

And the pussy cat was washing his face with his paws, taking care not to let the claws stick out for fear of scratching his eyes.

Then one of us must go down the opening yonder, wade along the passage, poke the stick out through the hole, and shout.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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