stick/stand out like a sore thumb
Definition
› to be very different from all the other people or things around: I was the only one in uniform and I stuck out like a sore thumb. → See also a rule of thumb
(Definition of stick/stand out like a sore thumb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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stick up
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stick up for sb/sth
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stick verb
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stick with sb/sth
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stick/put your oar in idiom
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sticker noun
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