Complete Definition of "stick out like a sore thumb"

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Verb
stick out like a sore thumb

  1. idiom Be very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice.

#:With that guilty smile of his, he stuck out like a sore thumb.

Category:English similes

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