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no man's land
noun
an area between opposing armies, over which no control has been established.
an unowned or unclaimed tract of usually barren land.
an indefinite or ambiguous area where guidelines and authority are not clear.
a no man's land between acceptance and rejection.
(in tennis, handball, etc.) the area of a court in which a player is at a tactical disadvantage, as the area of a tennis court about midway between the net and the base line.
no-man's-land
noun
land between boundaries, esp an unoccupied zone between opposing forces
an unowned or unclaimed piece of land
an ambiguous area of activity or thought
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of no man's land1
Example Sentences
After those two days in no man's land - between India and Bangladesh - she says she was taken to what appeared to be an old prison on the Bangladeshi side.
It was only a few days later - when a viral video surfaced of a Bangladeshi journalist interviewing Mr Islam in no man's land - that the family learnt where he was.
"But ultimately you have to go with the integrity of the players. How do you enforce it? It is your word against theirs. You're in no man's land."
"We are in a no man's land," is how Jackie Morgan, 68, describes it.
Realising he was getting nowhere he started moving back, leaving himself in no man's land as Haaland calmly curled the ball over his head and into the net to put City in front for the first time.
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