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a sticking point

a subject that people who are involved in a discussion cannot agree about. The role of the army was the main sticking point at Thursday's abortive talks. Pay has been a major sticking point in negotiations.

See also: point, stick

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As for me, I was consumed by a secret and burning desire to ask the Story Girl if I might see HER home; but I could not screw my courage to the sticking point. The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context She needed the sun to mellow and temper her mood to the sticking point. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context More results

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stick together
stick up
stick up for
stick with
stick-in-the-mud
stick-thin
sticking

sticking point
Sticks and stones may break my bones
sticks in the mind
sticky
stiff
stiff upper lip
still
still and all

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