stumbling block

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stum·bling block

(stŭm′blĭng)

An obstacle or impediment.

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stumbling block

any impediment or obstacle

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

stum′bling block`

an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.

[1580–90]

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Noun

stumbling block - any obstacle or impediment

obstacle - an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

stumbling block

noun obstacle, difficulty, problem, bar, barrier, hurdle, hazard, snag, uphill (S. African), obstruction, impediment, hindrance Perhaps the major stumbling block is the military presence.

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Translations

scoglio

stumbling block

[ˈstʌmblɪŋblɒk] N (fig) → tropiezo m, escollo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stumbling block

n (fig) → Hürde f, → Hindernis nt, → Problem nt; to be a stumbling block to something → einer Sache (dat) → im Weg stehen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stumbling block

[ˈstʌmblɪŋˌblɒk] n → ostacolo, scoglio

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That would be very romantic, but one would have to be very good to be a missionary, and that would be a stumbling block. We have physical culture exercises every day, too.

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Von Horn was really the only stumbling block in Bududreen's path.

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That Mr Chester, between whom and Mr Haredale, it was notorious to all the neighbourhood, a deep and bitter animosity existed, should come down there for the sole purpose, as it seemed, of seeing him, and should choose the Maypole for their place of meeting, and should send to him express, were stumbling blocks John could not overcome.

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All systems go for 3rd telco player DICT !-- -- Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star) - February 8, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines It looks like it's all systems go for the country's third telecommunications player after it hurdled a major stumbling block. Information and Communications Technology Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio yesterday welcomed the Senate's approval of the transfer of ownership of Mindanao Islamic Telephone Co.

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I caused a bit of a dust-up last month, when I mentioned in this space that the entry fee for the Shooting Industry Masters "may be a stumbling block for some retailers." I recommended that manufacturers and distributors sponsor a team of their dealers, in addition to a team representing their companies.

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you shall not place a stumbling block before the blind; and you shall fear your G-d (Leviticus 19:14).

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A spokesman for the SFL said: "The big issue for Gretna is the football debt and that is a big stumbling block for potential buyers."