DEAD END


Meaning of DEAD END in English

(~s)

1.

If a street is a ~, there is no way out at one end of it.

N-COUNT

2.

A ~ job or course of action is one that you think is bad because it does not lead to further developments or progress.

Waitressing was a dead-end job.

N-COUNT: oft N n

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