come to a dead end Idiome

come to a dead end

Idiom(s): come to a dead end

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to come to an absolute stopping point.
• The building project came to a dead end.
• The street came to a dead end.
• We were driving along and came to a dead end.

come to a dead end|come|dead end

v. phr. To reach a point from which one cannot proceed further, either because of a physical obstacle or because of some forbidding circumstance. Our car came to a dead end; the only way to get out was to drive back in reverse. The factory expansion project came to a dead end because of a lack of funds.

come to a asleep end

1. Literally, to ability the end of a avenue area one cannot abide traveling. I knew my GPS was amiss back it told me to about-face assimilate a alley that came to a asleep end.2. By extension, to ability a point afterwards which no added advance is possible, as in a project. My analysis has appear to a asleep end—every agreement I've approved so far has failed.Learn more: come, dead, end

come to a asleep end

and reach a asleep end
1. Lit. to ability a point area one can go no further and can about-face in no new direction. The alley comes to a asleep end about a mile farther.
2. Fig. to accept run out of accessible ideas, solutions, energy, etc. I've appear to a asleep end. I'm beginning out of ideas. The board accomplished a asleep end on the amount and tabled the accomplished business.Learn more: come, dead, end

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come to a dead end Idiome

come to a dead end

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