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sticking points

sticking points is the plural of sticking point.

Meaning of sticking point

Noun

sticking point (plural sticking points)

  1. (idiomatic) A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.
    • The question of representing inside workers was a sticking point.1934 July 30, “41,000 Years' Work”, in Time
  2. (dated, idiomatic) The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking-place.
    • It warmed his feelings to the sticking point.1842, James Fennimore Cooper, chapter 4, in The Wing and Wing

Questions about sticking points

What is sticking points the plural of?
Sticking points is the plural of sticking point.

Words near sticking points in the dictionary

  1. sticking place
  2. sticking places
  3. sticking plaster
  4. sticking plasters
  5. sticking point
  6. sticking points
  7. sticking someone on
  8. sticking the knife in
  9. sticking the landing
  10. sticking to
  11. sticking to business

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