burn one's bridges
burn one's bridges · burns one's bridges · burned one's bridges / burnt one's bridges · burning one's bridges
перейти рубікон, переходити рубікон, переступити рубікон
рвать все связи, сжигать все мосты
alle Brücken hinter sich abbrechen
To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly…To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.
alle Brücken hinter sich abbrechen
сжига́ть все мосты́, рва́ть все свя́зиrvátʹ vse svjázi
Translations
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Origin
Originally in the military sense of intentionally cutting off one's own retreat (burning aOriginally in the military sense of intentionally cutting off one's own retreat (burning a bridge one has crossed) to commit oneself to a course of action, later used primarily to mean alienate former friends.
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Forms
burns one's bridges, burning one's bridges, burned one's bridges, burned one's bridges| Base form | burn one's bridges · to burn one's bridges |
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| 3rd person singular | burns one's bridges |
| Present participle | burning one's bridges |
| Past simple | burned one's bridges / burnt one's bridges |
| Past participle | burned one's bridges / burnt one's bridges |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
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3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle