stick out

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

stick out phrasal verb [ stuck out stuck out stuck out sticks out sticking out ]
1. <A > to go past the surface or edge of something
• Paul's ears stick out a bit, don't they.
• There was a handkerchief sticking out of his jacket pocket.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Protruding and sticking out
2. informal to be very easy to notice
• She certainly sticks out in a crowd.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Protruding and sticking out ↑Visible ↑Apparent and obvious
 
• Her teeth stick out a bit.
• I could see a foot sticking out from under the duvet.
• His foot was sticking out and she tripped over it.
• I don't like the way my bottom sticks out.
• There was a packet of something sticking out of his pocket.
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