blind alley (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
examples 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
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Hypernym course, course of action
Domain of synset - USAGE trope, figure of speech, figure, image
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Hyponym course, course of action
Member of this domain - USAGE trope, figure of speech, figure, image

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