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one-way

[ wuhn-wey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

moving, or allowing movement in one direction only:
a one-way street.
valid for travel in one direction only: Compare round trip.
a one-way ticket.
without a reciprocal feeling, responsibility, relationship, etc.:
It's a one-way friendship.
not intended for return to a seller, dealer, etc., for reuse; disposable:
one-way bottles.

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Origin of one-way¹

First recorded in 1815–25

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Lawmaking by legislatures is also a one-way ratchet—Legislators get credit for passing laws, not pruning them.

So I went straight to the airport, bought a one-way ticket, and flew out.

That may not sound like much, but this was on a single day, driving 55 miles one-way.

The victim positively identified her two attackers through one-way glass and they were arrested.

And yet he is too smart to despair that this is a one-way street.

The alien suddenly turned, though Duke could now see that they were in a section behind one-way glass.

Most of us are sure of a free one-way pass to that port some time or other, 'cording to the parson's tell.

In the eye-level center of each door was a bull's eye that looked like one-way glass and undoubtedly was.

It would be obviously unjust to compare a one-way fare with either excursion or commutation rates.

This concept produces a one-way verbal flow for which the term “monologue” is descriptive.

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