voie de garage — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
voie de garage is used for these senses in English:
- dead end (figurative) A position that offers no hope of change or progress.
- rut (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. [from 19th c.]
- siding (rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).
- stabling siding (rail, UK) A storage siding for rolling stock, in particular passenger trains not being used in service.
rut — full definition
- noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.
- noun A fixed, boring routine that feels hard to escape.
- noun The mating season of certain male mammals, such as deer, marked by heightened sexual activity.
siding — full definition
- noun Material used to cover and protect the outer walls of a building.
- noun A short section of railway track next to the main line, used for parking or passing trains.