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dead end
1noun
- something, as a street or water pipe, that has no exit.
- a position that offers no hope of progress; blind alley; cul-de-sac:
His theory led him to a dead end.
dead-end
2[ ded-end ]
adjective
- terminating in a dead end:
a dead-end street.
- Also dead-ended. having no possibility for or hope of progress, advancement, etc.:
a low-level, dead-end job.
- leading a life in the slums:
growing up as a tough dead-end kid.
verb (used without object)
- to come to a dead end:
The road dead-ends at the lake.
dead end
noun
- another name for cul-de-sac
- a situation in which further progress is impossible
- dead-end ( as modifier )
a dead-end street
a dead-end job
verb
- intr to come to a dead end
51Թ History and Origins
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Origin of dead end2
Example Sentences
Shannon laudably offers no easy solutions, although his sincerely crafted dead end feels insufficient in its own way.
He added that people who want "to turn this country into a place of chaos have nowhere to go", and the path protesters have taken is "a dead end".
The joke is that Victoria has no clue that her long run on Easy Street is about to hit a dead end.
But for two years all of those tips led to dead ends.
A team of volunteers is using public records to trace homeowners, but they’re hitting a lot of dead ends.
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