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one-way street

noun

Etymology

From one-way + street.

  1. derived from *sterh₃-✻
  2. derived from strātus
  3. inherited from *strātu✻ — “street”
  4. inherited from strēt
  5. inherited from strete
  6. compounded as one-way street — “one-way + street”

Definitions

  1. A road in which traffic is allowed to proceed in only one direction.

  2. A course of action that cannot be undone.

  3. Something that lacks reciprocity.

    • Romantic love is not selfless but selfish. Although real love is not altruistic, nor is it narcissistic – a 'me-only', one-way street relationship.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA