Sticking-place

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• sticking place

Full definition of sticking-place

Noun

1. (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 point.
• 1611, William_Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 1, sc. 7:But screw your courage to the sticking-place,And we'll not fail.
• 1837, Thomas_Carlyle, The French Revolution, Book 3.I. September:Old men, who heard it, will still tell you how the reverberating voice made all hearts swell, in that moment; and braced them to the sticking-place.