Meaning & use

no man's land

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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.

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The term originated in warfare but is now also used figuratively for any unclaimed, ambiguous space or situation.

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