one-way street

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Etymology

one-way +‎ street

Noun

one-way street (plural one-way streets)

  1. A road in which traffic is only allowed to proceed in one direction.
  2. (figurative) A course of action that cannot be undone.
  3. (figurative) Something that lacks reciprocity.
    • 2006 April 27, Lisa, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎ (Usenet):
      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.
    • 2009, Alexander-Stamatios G. Antoniou, Handbook of Managerial Behavior and Occupational Health, page 186:
      Romantic love is not selfless but selfish. Although real love is not altruistic, nor is it narcissistic – a 'me-only', one-way street relationship.

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