dead-end vs pass by

dead-end

• To come to a dead-end. 

• A road with no exit. 

• A position that offers no hope of progress. 

• Going nowhere; blocked. 

pass by

• Of a period of time: to come to an end, to elapse. 

• to drop by 

• To travel past without stopping. 

• To travel past (something) without stopping; to ignore, to disregard.