Usually means: Moment where progress becomes difficult.
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  1. sticking point: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sticking point: Merriam-Webster
  3. sticking point: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sticking point: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sticking point: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sticking point: Vocabulary.com
  7. sticking-point, sticking point: Wordnik
  8. sticking point: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sticking-point, sticking point: Wiktionary
  10. sticking point: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. sticking point: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. sticking point: Dictionary.com
  13. sticking point: Rhymezone
  14. sticking point: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. sticking point: FreeDictionary.org
  16. sticking point: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. sticking point: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sticking point: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sticking_points as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sticking point)

noun:  (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.
noun:  (idiomatic, dated) The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking-place.

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