hang-up

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  1. noun Informal A psychological or emotional difficulty or inhibition.
  2. noun Informal An obstacle to smooth progress or development.

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  • "The biggest hang-up is not just the size of the package, although that remains ... a concern, but also certain parts of it that many still don't think are stimulative," Nelson said. —  ModerateVoters.org
  • The big hang-up is what to do with about $85 billion in deteriorating investments held by Lehman. —  Charlotte Observer: * Home Page
  • When there is a hang-up, it's usually because of technical reasons, said Philip Schiller, —  SiliconBeat
  • The experience reinforced an impression I've long had, and here it is in a sound-bite: What African Catholicism has to offer the global church is liberation theology without the hang-up over ecclesiastical authority. —  National Catholic Reporter
  • A major hang-up, as pointed out by KaiserNetwork. org, is the inclusion of a number of substantial changes in the Medicare program.
 

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