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Meaning of "burn one's bridges" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BURN ONE'S BRIDGES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BURN ONE'S BRIDGES

burn
burn in
burn off
burn one´s boats
burn one´s fingers
burn out
burn the candle at both ends
burn the midnight oil
burn-off
burn-up
burnable
Burne-Jones
burned
burned-out
burner
burnet
burnet rose
burnet saxifrage
Burnett
burnettise

WORDS THAT END LIKE BURN ONE'S BRIDGES

Borges
Bourges
Bridges
Bruges
build bridges
damages
Dark Ages
Easter-ledges
Ganges
handling charges
Judges
Limoges
Middle Ages
ring the changes
syringes
the Dark Ages
Vosges
wages
White Pages
Yellow Pages

Synonyms and antonyms of burn one's bridges in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «burn one's bridges» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BURN ONE'S BRIDGES

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The translations of burn one's bridges from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «burn one's bridges» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

燃烧一个人的桥梁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quemar uno de los puentes
570 millions of speakers

English

burn one´s bridges
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक पुल जला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرق احد الجسور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сжечь свои мосты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

queimar uma de pontes
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক এর ব্রিজ বার্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brûler ses ponts
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membakar jambatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eine Brücken brennen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分の橋を燃やす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 다리 를 구울
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngobong kreteg siji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ghi cầu của một người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு பாலத்தை எரிக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या पूल बर्न करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Köprülerini yak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bruciare i propri ponti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spalić swoich mostów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спалити свої мости
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arde poduri cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάψει γέφυρες κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

´n mens se brûe verbrand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bränna sina broar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brenne ens broer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of burn one's bridges

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BURN ONE'S BRIDGES»

The term «burn one's bridges» is normally little used and occupies the 129.891 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BURN ONE'S BRIDGES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about burn one's bridges

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BURN ONE'S BRIDGES»

Discover the use of burn one's bridges in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to burn one's bridges and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
BURN ONE'S BRIDGES BEHIND BUMPS AND GRINDS BUM'S RUSH wiggles made by a showgirl to rush someone; to throw someone out BUNDLE//FROM HEAVEN/OF JOY - BUNDLE OF ENERGY - BUNDLE OF LAUGHS - BUNDLE OF  ...
Cruz, Et Al
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NTC's Super-Mini English Idioms Dictionary
Bob is so rude, a real bull in a china shop. burn one's boats and burn one's bridges (behind one) to go so far in a course of action that one cannot turn back; to do something which makes it impossible to return to one's former position. I don't ...
Richard Spears, Betty Kirkpatrick, 2000
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Concise Encyclopedia of Semantics
... combining count one's blessings and thank one's lucky stars, both invoking gratitude for good fortune, and Don't burn your bridges until you've come to them, combining burn one's bridges 'to take an irrevocable step' with cross one's bridges ...
Keith Allan, 2010
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Roget's Thesaurus of Phrases
... cemetery, city of the dead, family plot, graveyard, necropolis, plot burning question difficult question, knotty question, sixty- four-thousand-dollar question, vexed question burn one's bridges burn one's boats, go for broke, kick down the ladder ...
Barbara Kipfer, 2001
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American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy ...
burn a hole in one's pocket (MON) 37 burn down (BAD) 17 burn one's bridges behind one (FAIL) 44 burn the candle at both ends (WORK) 39 burn the midnight oil (WORK) 47 burn up (BAD) 17 bury the hatchet (REL) 46 bury/hide one's head  ...
John Holleman, 2006
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2000 Redewendungen Deutsch–Englisch
Brücken - alle Brücken hinter sich abbrechen to burn one's boats (coll), to burn one's bridges (coll) We have no choice but to go on. We have burned our boats behind us. Brüder - Gleiche Brüder, gleiche Kappen. (prov) Birds of a feather flock ...
Margret Beran, 2011
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
burn/ it burns me, her, etc. that Am. make sb. feel angry. burn one's boats Br., Aus. burn one's bridges. burn out Am. col. 1. make a search. 2. do smth. quickly or good. burn up esp. Am. col.1. also Can., Aus. cause to be very angry: I recently met ...
V. S. Matyushenkov, 2010
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Hitting the nail on the head: 3000 Redensarten deutsch-englisch
Briicken • alle Briicken hinter sich abbrechen to burn one's boats (coll), to burn one's bridges (coll) We have no choice but to go on. We have burned our boats behind us. Briider • Gleiche Briider, gleiche Kappen. (prov) Birds of a feather flock  ...
Margret Beran, 1995
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Idioms and Other English Expressions: Grades 1-3
... get you down get to the bottom of it beat around the bush carry the ball bite one's tongue burn one's bridges put a cork in it Idioms to Get and Keep get the show on the road keep it under wraps get it off one's chest keep one's cool keep one's ...
Timothy Rasinski, Kathleen Knoblock, 2007
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Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You ...
... Mexican History,” Latin American Research Review, Volume 32, Issue 3, 1997: pg. 187, 6p. Burn. one's. boats. (1) burn one's bridges; choose a killing ground; commit to a course of action; cut oneself off from all means or hope ...
Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, 2013

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BURN ONE'S BRIDGES»

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Our athletes need sound financial advice... or else they face a sorry …
I am aware that in life one cannot burn one's bridges. Nevertheless, athletes must put their welfare first, and everybody else's after. Life has ... «Jamaica Observer, Sep 14»
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The invisible man of beverages
In life, people are advised not to burn one's bridges, but for Orgabio Manufacturing Sdn Bhd founder and executive chairman Ean Yong Tin Sin, ... «The Star Online, Aug 14»

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