"run into a brick wall" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: runs into a brick wall [present, singular, third-person], running into a brick wall [participle, present], ran into a brick wall [past], run into a brick wall [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> into a brick wall}} run into a brick wall (third-person singular simple present runs into a brick wall, present participle running into a brick wall, simple past ran into a brick wall, past participle run into a brick wall)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to encounter an insurmountable barrier or obstacle to progress Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-run_into_a_brick_wall-en-verb-rlHGAucn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for run into a brick wall meaning in English (1.3kB)

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