Т237
ЗАХОДИТЬ/ЗАЙТИ В ТУПИК
VPsubj:
human, collect, or
abstr (дело, дела, спор
etc)more often
pfv past) (of a person, a group, a matter, an argument
etc) to reach or end up at a point from which further progress cannot be made, the goal in question cannot be attained, the problem in question cannot be solved
etcusu. in cases when all possible means of reaching the desired goal have been exhausted)
X зашёл в тупик - X reached an impasse (a dead end, a deadlock)
X ran into a blind alleything X was deadlockedperson X came up against a brick wall (a dead end).
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