"stick in someone's gullet" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sticks in someone's gullet [present, singular, third-person], sticking in someone's gullet [participle, present], stuck in someone's gullet [participle, past], stuck in someone's gullet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,,stuck> in someone's gullet}} stick in someone's gullet (third-person singular simple present sticks in someone's gullet, present participle sticking in someone's gullet, simple past and past participle stuck in someone's gullet)
  1. Alternative form of stick in someone's craw Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: stick in someone's craw
    Sense id: en-stick_in_someone's_gullet-en-verb-ypaiFvrP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1986, Jim Prior, A Balance of Power",
          "text": "What began to stick in the gullet was the growing belief during our years in opposition (1974– 79) that the only thing that really mattered was the control of the money supply.",
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