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Phrase(s): *up a blind alley
Fig. at a dead end; on a route that leads nowhere. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) • I have been trying to find out something about my ancestors, but I’m up a blind alley. I can’t find anything. • The police are up a blind alley in their investigation of the crime.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs