reach a dead end

reach a dead end
come to a dead end & reach a dead end
1. Lit. to reach a point where one can go no farther and can turn in no new direction. •

The road comes to a dead end about a mile farther.

2. Fig. to have run out of possible ideas, solutions, energy, etc. •

I've come to a dead end. I'm fresh out of ideas.

The committee reached a dead end on the matter and tabled the whole business.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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