up a blind alley

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*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.

See also: alley, blind, up

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Byline: GARETH LIGHTFOOT A CASH-STRAPPED motorist tried to steer police up a blind alley in a bungled pounds 14,000 car insurance scam. Mum's pounds 14k 4x4 fraud; Woman lied to police in bid to scam car ... by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) And with tax cuts, tough talk on immigration and ranting about Europe, he's heading up a blind alley. It's the same old Tory. by The Mirror (London, England) The Government's own advisors have since admitted that the research led up a blind alley. Letter: Cruel to animals by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			unite unite against unite for unite in unite into unite with United we stand, divided we fall unknown unknown quantity unleash unleash against unleash on unload unload from unload on unquote unseen unsung hero until until all hours until are blue in the face until hell freezes over until the cows come home until then unto up a blind alley up a storm up a tree up against up against the wall up alley up and around up and away up and coming up and did up and running up before up for auction up for grabs up for reelection up for sale up front up hill and down dale up in arms up in the air up in years up North up one side and down the other up sleeve up stakes up sticks			UOWHF UOWM UOWN UOX UOX3 UOY UOYJJC UOYL UOZ UOZP up up up up up up Up & Down Up (album) Up (album) Up (album) UP (initialism) UP (initialism) UP (initialism) up (one's) alley up (one's) alley up (one's) alley up (one's) alley up (one's) alley up (one's) sleeve up (one's) sleeve up a blind alley Up A Creek Up A Creek up a storm up a storm up a storm up a storm up a storm up a tree up a tree up a tree up a tree up a tree up against up against up against up against up against the wall Up All Night Robotics up alley up alley up alley up alley Up anchor up and about up and around up and away Up and coming Up and coming Up and coming Up and coming

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