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Discover LudwigThe phrase "there's a hitch" is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to indicate that something is not going as planned and there is a problem or obstacle to progress. Example: We had planned to have the project finished by the end of the month, but there's a hitch - the materials we need are delayed.
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You're offered the chance to compete for a job with the world's most famous designer, but there's a hitch, in fact there are several hitches.
There's a hitch in the ensemble's delivery.
But there's a hitch, and that is Gingrich's refusal to quit the race even though he has only won primaries in South Carolina and Georgia, which he represented in Congress for two decades.
There's a hitch, of course – the Senate has to do it the House's way.
But there's a hitch.
They do; but there's a hitch.
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But there was a hitch: The New Yorker's editor, Harold Ross, kept killing Hellman's stories, which tended to be sardonic, even cruel.
White Cube had scheduled the video's première for October, but there was a hitch: hundreds of transitions worked visually but not sonically.
Obama's controversial decision now had a chance to save the government money, but there was a hitch.
But there is a hitch.
But there was a hitch.
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