NOUN
- a street with only one way in or out
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(figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
all the clues led the police into blind alleys
so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley
How To Use blind alley In A Sentence
- It saves you and your doctor going down blind alleys. Times, Sunday Times
- His present job seemed to be a blind alley.
- We need to support them rather than trapping them in blind alleys designed to contain them,' he said. Times, Sunday Times
- Progress can not be made without exploring blind alleys.
- Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley. Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The prevailing academic orthodoxy has to be recognised as a blind alley. Times, Sunday Times
- Honestly, I think that your idea will lead you down a blind alley.
- False information has led the police up a series of blind alleys.
- so far every road that we've been down has turned out to be a blind alley
- If such persons direct a revolution, they will lead it up a blind alley.