"hit a brick wall" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hits a brick wall [present, singular, third-person], hitting a brick wall [participle, present], hit a brick wall [participle, past], hit a brick wall [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> a brick wall}} hit a brick wall (third-person singular simple present hits a brick wall, present participle hitting a brick wall, simple past and past participle hit a brick wall)
  1. Alternative form of hit a wall Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hit a wall
    Sense id: en-hit_a_brick_wall-en-verb-nBTMh7mO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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