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Bridges Burn Back Decided Loop One’s Action Makes

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Idiom BURN (ONE’S) BRIDGES
Definition to take a course of action that makes it impossible to go back
Examples
  1. If you commit yourself to that course of action, you’ll be burning your bridges and you won’t be able to start over.
  2. Anita decided she ought to leave herself the option of going back to school. She decided not to burn all her bridges.

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