Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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figure of speech | Yes | No | No | No |
blind alley | Yes | No | No | No |
figure of speech (noun) | blind alley (noun) |
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language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement |
a street with only one way in or out |