Noun: blind alley blInd a-lee
- A street with only one way in or out
"They lived on a quiet blind alley";
- cul de sac, dead-end street, impasse
- (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"
Derived forms: blind alleys
Type of: course, course of action, thoroughfare
Encyclopedia: Blind alley