stand out
verb- To jut out, protrude (from a surface etc.).
- To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone).
- To sail in a direction away from shore.
- To be clearly distinguishable; to be obvious, to be easily noticeable, in contrast to the surroundings. · Tourist guides often carry umbrellas so that they stand out in a crowd.
- To be prominent or conspicuous; to have special significance. · She stood out from the other candidates and was offered the job.
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For an instant he feared lest, instead of keeping in shore, she should stand out to sea; but he soon saw that she would pass, like most vessels bound for Italy, between the islands of Jaros and Calaseraigne.
“And yet it was one thing to laugh about it in London, and it is another to stand out here in the darkness of the moor and to hear such a cry as that.
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