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blind alley
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As a noun, blind alley means a street with only one way in or out.
Meanings of blind alley
2 meaningsnoun
A street with only one way in or out
Similar: cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse(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”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: a street with only one way in or out