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blind alley definition

blind alley

  1. an alley or passage shut off at one end
  2. any undertaking, idea, etc. that leads to nothing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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