intransitive verb
1.
a. : to jut out : project , protrude
b. : to be prominent or conspicuous
their writers' prejudices would often stick out — Curtis Brown
antibourgeois notions of the analysts stick out all over — C.J.Friedrich
2.
a. : to hold out : be persistent (as in a demand or an opinion) : refuse to come to agreement or make a settlement
were sticking out for a higher price
stuck out for absolute domination — V.S.Pritchett
a last ditcher, sticking out for the rigor of the law — D.B.W.Lewis
b. of workmen : strike
transitive verb
1. : to endure (as something specified or conditions in general) or see through to the end
stuck the first term out and then left
stuck out the icy currents — Newsweek
determined to stick out a California sojourn — R.G.Hubler
— often used with it
stuck it out, living on lemonade, glucose tablets and nerves — Holiday
the people sticking it out where the dust is thickest and the gulches driest — Russell Lord
too late now to do anything but stick it out
2. : to maintain against a person
stuck me out that … it was one of the six best comedies in English — Arnold Bennett
Synonyms: see bulge