a sticking point



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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Benoite-French
Wikolia-Hawaiian
AnjaAHN-yah (Swedish, Finnish, Croatian, Serbian, German)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, German, Dutch
Ara-Armenian, Armenian Mythology
ErikE-rik (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German), E-reek (Finnish), AY-rik (Dutch), ER-ik (English)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, Eng
Sallie['sæli]