Meaning & use
no man's land
An area of land, especially between opposing armies, that is unoccupied or disputed and dangerous to enter.
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Soldiers crawled across no man's land under cover of darkness.
The abandoned lot became a kind of no man's land that neither neighbor would maintain.
A note on using this word
The term originated in warfare but is now also used figuratively for any unclaimed, ambiguous space or situation.
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