Meaning of sticking-place | Babel Free

Definitions

The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking point.

dated, idiomatic

Examples

“But screw your courage to the sticking-place, And we'll not fail.”

“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.”

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