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   dead end

   /ˌdɛd ˈɛnd/

   noun

   • 1. an end of a road or passage from which no exit is possible: "the path came to a dead end"
   • ▪ a road or passage from which no exit is possible: "Not that way! It's a dead end!"
   • ▪ a situation offering no prospects of progress or development: "their relationship had reached a dead end"

   verb

   • 1. (of a road or passage) come to a dead end: North American "he kept walking, until the corridor dead-ended"

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