Sackgasse — meaning in English

English meaning

• close verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
• impasse noun A situation where no further progress can be made; a deadlock.
• stalemate noun In chess, a position where the player to move has no legal move and is not in check, ending the game as a draw.

Senses

Sackgasse is used for these senses in English:

• Catch-22 (idiomatic) A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
• close (chiefly, British) A street that ends in a dead end.
• dead end (idiomatic) A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
• impasse (figurative) A deadlock or stalemate situation in which no progress can be made.

close — full definition

1. verb To shut something, removing a gap or opening.
2. verb To bring something to an end.
3. verb To stop operating, whether for the day or permanently.
4. adj Near in distance, time, or relationship.
5. adj Almost even or evenly matched.

impasse — full definition

1. noun A situation where no further progress can be made; a deadlock.
2. noun A dead-end street.

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