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blind alley


blind alley

noun

Definition of BLIND ALLEY

: a fruitless or mistaken course or direction
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First Known Use of BLIND ALLEY

1583

Rhymes with BLIND ALLEY

Aunt Sally, bialy, crevalle, Death Valley, finale, Nepali, tomalley, trevally

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