hurdle
[noun]
Synonyms:
- fence, barricade, barrier
- obstacle, barrier, difficulty, handicap, hazard, hindrance, impediment, obstruction, stumbling block

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I. hur‧dle¹ /ˈhɜːdl $ ˈhɜːr-/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: hyrdel]

1. [countable] a problem or difficulty that you must deal with before you can achieve something Synonym : obstacle:
Finding enough money for the project was the first hurdle.
overcome/clear/get over etc a hurdle (=deal successfully with a problem)

2. [countable] one of a series of small fences that a person or horse has to jump over during a race
clear a hurdle (=successfully jump over a hurdle)

3. the 100-metres/400-metres hurdles a race in which the runners have to jump over hurdles

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. hurdle² verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] to jump over something while you are running:
He hurdled the fence and ran off down the street.

2. [intransitive] to run in hurdle races
—hurdler noun [countable]
—hurdling noun [uncountable]

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hurdle
noun
I. in a race
VERB + HURDLE clear, jump (over) She cleared the first few hurdles easily.
fall at, hit His horse fell at the final hurdle.

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hurdle
II. problem/difficulty
ADJ. big, difficult | main, major | final, first, last, next The first big hurdle in putting your car on the road is getting insurance.
VERB + HURDLE face This is perhaps the most difficult hurdle that we face.
clear, jump, overcome, pass We'll jump each hurdle as we come to it. You have already overcome the first major hurdle by passing the entrance exam.
fall at The plan fell at the first hurdle.

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