dead end
noun
something, as a street or water pipe, that has no exit.
are dead-ending
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present progressiveof dead-end.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A group of ambitious but lazy 20-something editorial assistants at a national magazine in New York, fearing they are dead-ending in their careers, snipe against one another in their cubicle farm in humorously catty fashion.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2015
