We drove into a dead end and had to back out.

我们把车子开进了一条死胡同，只得退出来。

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L cornered him into a dead end alley, then.

我把他逼进一个死胡同，然后。

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Advice is not for the knowledge of knowledge, into a dead end.

建议就是不要为了知识而知识，钻牛角尖。

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Blackholing is a tactic which involves sending internet traffic into a dead end - rather than its intended destination.

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However, what happens more often than not, is you run into a dead-end of the maze.

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