- De-emphasises
- Downplays
- Downplays what’s below USA on the map
- Plays Under, tastes stew
- plays what’s below USA on the map
- Blind alleys
- Cul-de-sacs
- Impasses
- Late tips leave you with nowhere to go
- No through roads
- Cul-de-sac
- Road lacking connecting routes – and prospects?
- Road lacking connecting routes ... and prospects?
- de emphasize
- De-emphasise
- Minimise the importance of
- Cul-de-sac
- Dead end
- Dead heat
- Deadlock
- Deadlock or stalemate
- I’m old-fashioned when it comes to standoff
- Position with no escape