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English noun: blind alley

1. blind alley (artifact) a street with only one way in or out


Synonymscul de sac, dead-end street, impasse


Broader (hypernym)thoroughfare

2. blind alley (act) (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement


SamplesAll 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.


Broader (hypernym)course, course of action


Domain usagefigure, figure of speech, image, trope









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