stick out for
1stick out for — To insist upon • • • Main Entry: ↑stick * * * ˌstick ˈout for [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stick out for he/she/it sticks out …
2stick out for — ► stick out for refuse to accept less than. Main Entry: ↑stick …
3stick out for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stick out for : present tense I/you/we/they stick out for he/she/it sticks out for present participle sticking out for past tense stuck out for past participle stuck out for informal stick out for something to …
4stick out for — • stand out for • stick out for to be firmly decided not to accept less than one wants, even if it means waiting for it (also to hold out for) …
5stick out for — PHRASAL VERB If you stick out for something, you keep demanding it and do not accept anything different or less. [V P P n] I stuck out for a handsome redundancy package …
6stick out for something — ˌstick ˈout for sth derived (informal) to refuse to give up until you get what you need or want • They are sticking out for a higher pay rise. Main entry: ↑stickderived …
7stick out for — refuse to accept less than. → the sticks …
8stick out — 1. Be prominent. Often stick out a mile Be very obvious. 2. stick out for Insist on. 3. stick one s neck out Take a risk. Invite criticism or trouble by being provocative, out spoken, etc …
9stick up for — verb To defend or protect. You really need to stick up for yourself against that bully. Syn: give as good as one gets, go to bat for, stick ones neck out for …
10stick out — *bulge, jut, protuberate, protrude, project, overhang, beetle Analogous words: *extend, prolong, elongate, lengthen: *expand, swell, distend: obtrude (see INTRUDE) stiff adj Stiff, rigid, inflexible, tense, stark, wooden can mean so firm, hard,… …
