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blind alley

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  1. blind alleynoun

    Synonyms:
    dead end, cul-de-sac

  2. blind alleynoun

    A street that leads nowhere.

    Synonyms:
    cul-de-sac, dead end

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  1. blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street, impassenoun

    a street with only one way in or out

    Synonyms:
    dead-end street, cul, cul de sac, deadlock, stalemate, dead end, standstill, impasse

  2. blind alleynoun

    (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"

    Synonyms:
    cul de sac, impasse, dead-end street

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  1. blind alley

    Synonyms:
    CUL-DE-SAC

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  1. blind alley

    Synonyms:
    cul-de-sac, impasse

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#28830deadlock
#41226impasse
#45060standstill
#48423stalemate

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  1. Gunther Krichbaum:

    We are talking with Britain and I love Britain and want to keep talking to them, But when the rhetoric is driving you at 100 miles per hour up a blind alley, you have to realize that you won't be able to turn round at the end of the blind alley.

  2. Premier Rachel Notley:

    Ignoring climate change is a blind alley for both the energy business, and for the province of Alberta.

  3. Erik Pevernagie:

    The past becomes our second personality. It is our intrinsic safety code, irrespective of a potential love-hate relationship. It may become our guardian angel and protect us from a bleak blind alley, since it knows that “we” know and we know the colors of its cards. Experience is a tough master and knows the tricks of the trade. It teaches us how to play. ( " Not without the past" )

  4. Gunther Krichbaum:

    I love Britain and want to keep talking to them, But when the rhetoric is driving you at 100 miles per hour up a blind alley, you have to realize that you won't be able to turn round at the end of the blind alley.


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