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blind_alley

blind alley

English

Noun

blind alley (plural blind alleys)

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see blind, alley. A street or passageway that leads nowhere.
  2. (figuratively) A course of inquiry that leads nowhere.

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  1. blind alley”, The Phrase Finder, Gary Martin.