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hang-up

hang-up (plural hang-ups)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. continuing anxiety about something: a psychological or emotional problem or fixation about something ( informal )

2. cause of problems: a persistent impediment or source of delay
Bureaucratic inefficiency was the main hang-up.

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