one-way street

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one-way street

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From one-way + street.

noun one-way streets

  1. A road on which traffic is allowed to proceed in only one direction.
  2. figuratively A course of action that cannot be undone.
  3. figuratively Something that lacks reciprocity. Judaism is not about reading your personal experiences into Jewish ritual, waving a wand, and declaring the result "Judaism". Vietnam has absolutely no bearing whatsoever on Torah values. Torah values can, obviously, have a bearing on Vietnam, or on anything else, but it's a one-way street.

Opposite: two-way street

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noun

Opposite: two-way street

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noun road on which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction

Españolcalle de un solo sentido, calle de mano única, flecha
한국어일방통행 ilbangtonghaeng, 일방통행로 ilbangtonghaengno
日本語一方通行 ippōtsūkō
中文單向街 /单向街 dānxiàngjiē, 單向道 /单向道 dānxiàngdào, 單行道 /单行道 dānxíngdào, 單行街 /单行街 dānxíngjiē
Portuguêsrua de mão única
Françaisrue à sens unique
DeutschEinbahnstraße
Ελληνικάμονόδρομος monódromos
Românăsens unic
Русскийу́лица с односторо́нним движе́нием úlica s odnostorónnim dvižénijem

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@misc{one_way_street_2026,
  title = {one-way street},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/one-way%20street},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}