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).

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Origin of sticking point

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby sticking point

stickful, stickhandle, stickhandler, sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point, stickit, stickle, stickleback, stickler, stickler syndrome
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Words related to sticking point

warning, conditions, demand

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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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