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11Sticking point — Sticking Stick ing, a. & n. from {Stick}, v. [1913 Webster] {Sticking piece}, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.] {Sticking place}, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. [1913 Webster] But screw your courage to… …
12sticking point — sticking points also sticking point N COUNT: usu sing A sticking point in a discussion or series of negotiations is a point on which the people involved cannot agree and which may delay or stop the talks. A sticking point is also one aspect of a… …
13sticking place — sticking place, sticking point The phrase sticking point is first recorded in 1826, and in its common modern meaning ‘the limit reached of progress, agreement, etc.’ not until the 1960s. The allusion is to a line in Shakespeare s Macbeth… …
14sticking point — sticking place, sticking point The phrase sticking point is first recorded in 1826, and in its common modern meaning ‘the limit reached of progress, agreement, etc.’ not until the 1960s. The allusion is to a line in Shakespeare s Macbeth… …
15sticking plaster — sticking plasters N VAR Sticking plaster is material that you can stick over a cut or wound in order to protect it. A sticking plaster is a piece of this material. [BRIT] (in AM, use Band Aid) …
16Sticking coefficient — is the term used in surface physics to describe the ratio of the number of adsorbate atoms (or molecules) that do adsorb, or stick , to a surface to the total number of atoms that impinge upon that surface during the same period of time. [… …
17sticking point — sticking .point n [singular] something that a group of people cannot agree on and that stops them from making progress ▪ North Korea s refusal had long been a sticking point …
18sticking point — A sticking point is a controversial issue that blocks progress in negotiations, etc, where compromise is unlikely or impossible …
19sticking out — index manifest Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
20sticking together — index adherence (adhesion), coherence, coherent (joined) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
