Synonyms for hurdle
ˈhɜr dlhur·dle

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1. hurdlenoun

   a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races

   Synonyms:
   vault

2. hurdlenoun

   an obstacle that you are expected to overcome

   "the last hurdle before graduation"

   Synonyms:
   vault

3. vault, hurdleverb

   the act of jumping over an obstacle

   Synonyms:
   vault, bank vault, burial vault

4. hurdleverb

   jump a hurdle

Matched Categories

1. • Barrier
   • Obstacle
   • Sport
   • Vault

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1. List of paraphrases for "hurdle":

   obstacle, barrier, impediment, hindrance, horde, fence

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1. Timothy Treanor:

   When it becomes about turning in individuals you know and have had good relationships with, it is perhaps a tougher mental hurdle to get over.

2. Tom Ellacott:

   The priority for these companies is to achieve cash flow neutrality and investment will be pulled back in order to achieve that where possible, while the majors have better capacity to invest through the cycle due to their financial strength, only the best projects that achieve economic hurdle rates at low prices will get the green light from the international oil companies.

3. Michael Grandner:

   It may take a few weeks of getting used to, but once they get over that hurdle most patients say it literally changes their life, it gives them more energy during the day, so a lot of them are finally able to exercise, eat better, and really get healthier overall.

4. Shaun Dykes:

   That’s one hurdle done.

5. David Sinclair:

   Delivery is a technical hurdle, but other groups seem to have done well, one uses the same system we developed to treat very old mice, the equivalent of an 80-year-old human. And they still got the mice to live longer, which is remarkable. So they’ve kind of beaten us to the punch in that experiment.