sticking point

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   a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal

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Questions about sticking point

What does sticking point mean?

sticking point means "a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal".

Is sticking point a common word?

sticking point is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.