| stick out | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out | extend out or project in space.; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" |
| ~ overhang | project over. |
| ~ push up, thrust | push upward.; "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air" |
| ~ spear up, spear | thrust up like a spear.; "The branch speared up into the air" |
| ~ bulge, bag | bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge. |
| ~ cantilever | project as a cantilever. |
| v. (stative) | 2. jump, jump out, leap out, stand out, stick out | be highly noticeable. |
| ~ appear, seem, look | give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate | put up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| ~ live with, accept, swallow | tolerate or accommodate oneself to.; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" |
| ~ hold still for, stand for | tolerate or bear.; "I won't stand for this kind of behavior!" |
| ~ bear up | endure cheerfully.; "She bore up under the enormous strain" |
| ~ take lying down | suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively.; "I won't take this insult lying down" |
| ~ take a joke | listen to a joke at one's own expense.; "Can't you take a joke?" |
| ~ sit out | endure to the end. |
| ~ pay | bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action.; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ suffer | experience (emotional) pain.; "Every time her husband gets drunk, she suffers" |
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