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catch-22Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press: catch-22/katʃtwɛntɪˈtuː/ ▶noun a difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. – origin title of a novel by Joseph Heller (1961). 'catch-22' also found in these Oxford entries:
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