stick out a mile
English
editVerb
editstick out a mile (third-person singular simple present sticks out a mile, present participle sticking out a mile, simple past and past participle stuck out a mile)
- To be plain for all to see, obvious, easy to see, very noticeable.
- Synonyms: stand out a mile, be plain as the nose on one's face
- To be conspicuously different.
- Synonyms: stick out like a sore thumb, stand out a mile
Translations
editto be plain for all to see
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Further reading
edit- “stand stick out a mile”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “stand stick out a mile” (US) / “stand stick out a mile” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “stick out stand out a mile” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.