stand out
— Phrasal Verb with stand /stænd/ verb (past tense and past participle stood)Definition
NOTICE › to be very easy to see or notice: The bright blue letters really stand out on the page.
BETTER › to be better than other similar things or people: His application stood out from all the rest. → See also stick/stand out like a sore thumb
(Definition of stand out from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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