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blind alley

/ blind alley /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(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
Domain:
trope figure of speech figure
noun Sense 2
a street with only one way in or out
Type of:
thoroughfare
Semantic Complexity
53%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
3
Times Searched
3
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course course of action thoroughfare