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dead end
noun
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dead end
[
countable
]
1
TTR
a street with no way out at one end
2
a situation from which no more progress is possible
come to/reach a dead end
The negotiations have reached a dead end.
3
dead-end job
a job with low wages and no chance of progress
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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