An American folk expression meaning a problem, snag, or impediment that slows you down or disrupts your progress — literally, a catch or hitch in the way you're getting along.
An American folk expression meaning a problem, snag, or impediment that slows you down or disrupts your progress — literally, a catch or hitch in the way you're getting along. The phrase has a pleasingly homespun, frontier-era quality, conjuring images of someone limping slightly on the trail. While rare in everyday modern speech, it occasionally surfaces in literary Americana, country music, and nostalgic Southern or Midwestern idiom.
The project was going smoothly until a licensing dispute put a real hitch in one's get-along.
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(US, slang) A problem or impediment.