stick out a mile
stick out a mile · sticks out a mile · stuck out a mile · sticking out a mile
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To be plain for all to see, obvious, easy to see, very noticeableTo be plain for all to see, obvious, easy to see, very noticeable.
» The bus got stuck in a five-mile-long tailback.
Der Bus geriet in einen 8 km langen Stau.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, informal)To be plain for all to see, obvious, easy to see, very noticeable.
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(idiomatic, informal)To be conspicuously different.
Examples
1 sentencesThe bus got stuck in a five-mile-long tailback.
deDer Bus geriet in einen 8 km langen Stau. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
3 languagesРусский
to be plain for all to see:
Forms
sticks out a mile, sticking out a mile, stuck out a mile, stuck out a mile| Base form | stick out a mile · to stick out a mile |
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| 3rd person singular | sticks out a mile |
| Present participle | sticking out a mile |
| Past simple | stuck out a mile |
| Past participle | stuck out a mile |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonymsstand out a milestick out like a sore thumbbe plain as the nose on one's face
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle