sticking point

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noun

a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.

sticking place (def. 1).

Origin of sticking point

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby sticking point

stickful, stickhandle, stickhandler, sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point, stick in one's craw, stick insect, stick-in-the-mud, stickit, stick it to someone

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Example sentences from the Web for sticking point

I plucked up my courage to the sticking-point, and stuck my patient.
Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. V, May, 1862|Various
He knew that every project would be pulled up short at this sticking-point.
Roger Ingleton, Minor|Talbot Baines Reed
The twin ex-Judge-Advocates, at length, brace each other up to the sticking-point and venture on an appeal to the public.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt|David Miller DeWitt
A mere variety can never establish a sticking-point in the forward course of evolution, but each new sport affords one.
Finger Prints|Francis Galton

Alexander had held to the sticking-point the quailing energies of spent men for more than six agonized hours.
A Pagan of the Hills|Charles Neville Buck

British Dictionary definitions for sticking point

sticking point

noun

a problem or point on which agreement cannot be reached, preventing progress from being made

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单词	sticking point
释义	sticking point SEE SYNONYMS FOR sticking point ON THESAURUS.COM noun a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point. sticking place (def. 1). Origin of sticking point First recorded in 1820–30 Words nearby sticking point stickful, stickhandle, stickhandler, sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point, stick in one's craw, stick insect, stick-in-the-mud, stickit, stick it to someone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sticking point I plucked up my courage to the sticking-point, and stuck my patient. Continental Monthly, Vol. I, No. V, May, 1862\|Various He knew that every project would be pulled up short at this sticking-point. Roger Ingleton, Minor\|Talbot Baines Reed The twin ex-Judge-Advocates, at length, brace each other up to the sticking-point and venture on an appeal to the public. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt\|David Miller DeWitt A mere variety can never establish a sticking-point in the forward course of evolution, but each new sport affords one. Finger Prints\|Francis Galton Alexander had held to the sticking-point the quailing energies of spent men for more than six agonized hours. A Pagan of the Hills\|Charles Neville Buck British Dictionary definitions for sticking point sticking point noun a problem or point on which agreement cannot be reached, preventing progress from being made Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sticking point warning, conditions, demand, last word
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sticking point

noun

Origin of sticking point

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Example sentences from the Web for sticking point

British Dictionary definitions for sticking point

noun

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