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ˈsticking-point
1. = sticking-place 2.
1826Sporting Mag. XVIII. 213 Screwing our courage to the sticking point. 1887Birrell C. Brontë i. 16 To rouse her aunt's enthusiasm to the sticking-point of lending her some money.
2. A point at which one sticks and beyond which one refuses to go; a subject upon which one will not yield or compromise; an obstacle.
1965Listener 23 Sept. 441/1 As a politician he has been mild to the point of compromise. But one sticking point for him has been India's unity. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 3/2 An early sticking point is expected to come when the Russians raise the question of reopening the Port of Vancouver to the supply ships. 1981Church Times 27 Mar. 12/5 It is not the matter of women priests that is the main sticking point. |