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Stumbling block   /stˈəmbəlɪŋ blɑk/   Listen
Stumbling block

noun
1.
Any obstacle or impediment.





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"Stumbling block" Quotes from Famous Books



... be a stumbling block for some beginners. Take for example the setting showing the bedroom in the ranch house, as listed in the scene-plot of "Without Reward," and given in this chapter. In doing the five scenes that ...
— Writing the Photoplay • J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds
... was a still greater stumbling block in his way, for if he came out and announced himself and made a fight for the property, he would be forced to tell the truth concerning his past life, and the fact that he was an escaped convict ...
— Frank Merriwell Down South • Burt L. Standish


Words linked to "Stumbling block" :   obstacle


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