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stick out

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.
stick something out
to endure something; to stay with something. (The something can be vaguely expressed using it.) I will stick it out as long as I can. she stuck out the abuse as long as she could; then she started looking for another job.
See also: out, stick

stick out

to project outward. You can't lock your suitcase because there is a bit of cloth sticking out. some cloth stuck out of the top of the drawer.
See also: out, stick

stick out (of someone or something)

to protrude from someone or something. The arrow stuck out of him, wobbling as he staggered. A dollar bill stuck out of the book. What a strange bookmark.
See also: out, stick

stick out
to be very easily noticed because of being different Dye your hair orange and you'll really stick out in a small town like this.
Related vocabulary: stand out
See also: out, stick


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