(plural crossroads) a place where two roads meet and cross each other:
At the next crossroads, turn right. * (figurative) He has reached a career crossroads (= he must decide which way to go next in his career).
seealsoINTERSECTION, JUNCTION
IDIOMS
at a / the crossroads at an important point in sb's life or development
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