biting point
Britishnoun
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(in driving) the point at which the plates of the clutch connect as the clutch pedal is released
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a point at which success is achieved
Example Sentences
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Saturday's crowd at Castleton was clearly in the Ginsburg camp, applauding whenever the soprano portraying her made a biting point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2015
The fact that their pelts pay the bill in part is but poor consolation, when one has just got a particularly shy old red coat about worked up to the "biting" point.
From Fox Trapping A Book of Instruction Telling How to Trap, Snare, Poison and Shoot - A Valuable Book for Trappers by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)
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