burn one's bridges
Meaning
Verb
- To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.
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Origin
- Originally in 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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