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blind alley

DEFINITIONS OF: blind alley

1

n a street with only one way in or out

Synonyms:
cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse
Type of:
thoroughfare
a public road from one place to another

n (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement

“all the clues led the police into blind alleys”
“so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley”
Type of:
course, course of action
a mode of action
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