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English noun: blind alley | |||
| 1. | blind alley (artifact) a street with only one way in or out | ||
| Synonyms | cul 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 | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | course, course of action | ||
| Domain usage | figure, figure of speech, image, trope | ||
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