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dead end n 1. another name for cul-de-sac 2. a situation in which further progress is impossible 3. (as modifier) a dead-end street a dead-end job dead-end vb
(intr) Chiefly US and Canadian to come to a dead end ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
dead end noun impasse, deadlock, stalemate, standstill, standoff We have reached a dead end. adjective boring, dull, tedious, dead, flat, stale, monotonous, humdrum, uninteresting, mind-numbing, unexciting, ho-hum (informal), repetitious, wearisome, unvaried This is a dead-end job. Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To this day I am not quite certain whether it was the name of any human habitation, a lonely caserio with a half-effaced carving of a coat of arms over its door, or of some hamlet at the dead end of a ravine with a stony slope at the back. |
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