hurdle
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈhɜrdl/
:
obstáculo
- I mean, I, it seems like a very big, huge hurdle to get over.
- a major hurdle
- overcome a hurdle
- face a hurdle
And then the third hurdle is, oh, can I enjoy it?
- And then the third hurdle is, oh, can I enjoy it?
- The trauma of that tattoo will let you face every hurdle in your life.
- But it was, there are a lot of hurdles that we had to overcome, right?
- Those are all legal hurdles that could be unhurdled.
- We have our own timings, we have our own hurdles, our own little detours.
- They are those are constructed hurdles, cultural hurdles with religion being a part of it.
- And once we get over those hurdles, then we can start to breathe a little bit.
- It's just the mental hurdles that you have to jump in your head.
- And my thing is get over that hurdle and just go out and go and do it.
- It's not a hurdle, it's not a block, it's not a wall.
- We succeeded in overcoming all these hurdles to come here today.
- And trials, as you recognize, is often times a higher hurdle than the actual games, correct?
- For me, I'm like, man, why can't I get past this hurdle?
Examples
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She cleared the last hurdle and finished the race with a new personal best.
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The existing political scenarios are perhaps the major hurdle to any arms control agreement.
Academic text (1993) -
That team's the biggest hurdle we'll face next year.
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It's your last hurdle on your path to freedom.
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All three were also quite clear that national identity was the big hurdle for the integration project.
Academic text (1995) -
And so that's a huge hurdle that you have to get over.
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The audits were the biggest hurdle.
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During your time at Stanford, you will also face new hurdles and challenges.
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We succeeded in overcoming all these hurdles to come here today.
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One last hurdle separates you from your goal - which is to join our esteemed ranks.
Synonyms
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3.1
A difficult task that tests a person's skill and will
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3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
309
3.7
Something that stops or makes it hard to make progress
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3.9
A problem that stops progress or makes a goal hard to reach
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4.4
A thing that blocks a passage like a pipe or artery
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4.4
A problem that stops progress or makes moving forward difficult
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Etymology
Hurdle comes from an old English word hyrdel meaning 'gate' or a 'low woven fence' that people used in fields and had to get over. So, a hurdle today is any barrier or difficulty you must overcome.