stick out

stick out
v.

1) (D; intr.) ('to protrude') to stick out from; into (the nail stuck out from the wall; his feet stuck out into the aisle)

2) (D; tr.) ('to extend') to stick out to, towards (she stuck out her hand to us)

* * *
['stɪk'aʊt]
towards (she stuck out her hand to us)
into (the nail stuck out from the wall; his feet stuck out into the aisle)
(D; intr.) ('to protrude') to stick out from
(D; tr.) ('to extend') to stick out to

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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