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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.
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Origin of sticking point
First recorded in 1820ā30
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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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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