ROADBLOCK


Meaning of ROADBLOCK in English

noun

1 barrier across a road

ADJECTIVE

▪ army , military , police

VERB + ROADBLOCK

▪ set up

Police set up a ~ on the road to the capital.

▪ remove

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the ~

They were stopped at a ~ leaving the city.

▪ through a/the ~

The truck drove through the ~ at 100 mph.

2 ( AmE ) problem

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , major

Funding has been a major ~.

▪ potential

The proposed merger is already facing potential ~s.

▪ political

VERB + ROADBLOCK

▪ remove

▪ encounter , hit

The company hit its first ~ last year.

▪ face

▪ create , put up , throw up

This bill would create a ~ for women.

▪ overcome

PREPOSITION

▪ up against a ~

No sooner had they celebrated their victory than they came up against a new ~.

▪ ~ in

I was hitting a ~ in my personal work.

▪ ~ to

self-defeating beliefs and other ~s to happiness

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .