stick out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ stick )
1 . if something sticks out, you notice it because part of it comes out further than the rest of a surface:
The children were so thin their ribs stuck out.
stick out of/from/through etc
Paul’s legs were sticking out from under the car.
2 . stick it out to continue doing something that is difficult, painful, or boring:
It wasn’t a happy period of his life, but he stuck it out.
3 . stick your neck out informal to risk giving your opinion about something, even though you may be wrong or other people may disagree with you:
I’m going to stick my neck out with some predictions for the next two years.
4 . stick out to somebody/stick out in sb’s mind to seem more important to someone than other people or things:
The thing that sticks out to me is that they need more help than they’re getting.
⇨ stick/stand out a mile at ↑ mile (5), ⇨ stick out like a sore thumb at ↑ sore 1 (6)