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stick out

verb
  1. To protrude. (transitive) · He stuck out his tongue at me.
  2. To protrude; to extend beyond. (intransitive) · His tongue was sticking out.· I can fit the pipe in my car, but one end will stick out from the back.
  3. To be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive. (intransitive) · The one red wall really sticks out among all the creamy ones.
  4. To persist until the end; stick it out.
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The Scarecrow decided to think, and he thought so hard that the pins and needles began to stick out of his brains.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 121 · B2
I guess I ought to stick out and make you go to college--but I know I can’t, so I ain’t going to try.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 324 · C1

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