No Way Out
Completely boxed in
No Way Out typically refers to a situation with no possible escape or solution—a dead end, a trap.
The phrase names several films, most notably a 1987 thriller, and has been used for books, songs, and video games.
It captures the feeling of being cornered: There was no way out of the contract without losing everything.
- trappedUnable to escape
- no escapeNo way out
- escapeFlight from captivity
- dead endPassage without outlet
- corneredUnable to flee
dead end street · backed into a corner · desperate · last resort · maze · labyrinth · cage · prison · brick wall · suffocating · tight spot · panic · walls · closing · thriller · pursuit · hunted · locked
- Political ThrillersThe Manchurian Candidate, The Pelican Brief, Argo, JFK, Nixon
- Leskov WorksThe Amazon
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- Pro Wrestlingheel, WrestleMania, face turn, Royal Rumble, kayfabe
No Way Outway out
Means of departure
escape route · exit · loophole · out · escape hatch
No Way Outsalvation
Deliverance from harm
redemption · deliverance · hope · light at the end of the tunnel · second chance
way, out, ways, outs, outed, outing, outer, outward, outwards