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stick out a mile

stick out a mile verb: to be plain for all to see, obvious, easy to see, very noticeable.

Verb

stick 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)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) 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
  2. (idiomatic, informal) To be conspicuously different.

Synonyms of stick out a mile

Forms of stick out a mile

third-person singular presentsticks out a mile
present participlesticking out a mile
past participlestuck out a mile
paststuck out a mile

Questions about stick out a mile

What does stick out a mile mean?
Stick out a mile means to be plain for all to see, obvious, easy to see, very noticeable.
What part of speech is stick out a mile?
Stick out a mile is a verb.
What is the past tense of stick out a mile?
The past tense of stick out a mile is stuck out a mile.

Words near stick out a mile in the dictionary

  1. stick one's nose in
  2. stick one's nose into
  3. stick one's oar in
  4. stick one's tongue out
  5. stick out
  6. stick out a mile
  7. stick out like a sore thumb
  8. stick out like dog's balls
  9. stick out one's tongue
  10. stick phone
  11. stick phones

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