NO MAN'S LAND Definition & Meaning

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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

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Origin of no man's land¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

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"We are in a no man's land," is how Jackie Morgan, 68, describes it.

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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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Nor does his novel elaborate on the horrific effect the greatest natural disaster in the United States had on the people who were living in “No Man’s Land.”

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A small group of protesters broke through a metal security fence outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday and engaged in a short confrontation with police after entering a no man’s land area behind another layer of fencing surrounding the United Center.

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Waters accurately described the effect of FIT21 as placing crypto effectively into a regulatory “no man’s land.”

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