Meaning
to do something that makes it impossible for you to return to the situation you were in before.
Examples
I knew I’ll be burning the bridges when I dropped out of school to pursue my modelling career.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘Burn Your Bridges’ mean?
The idiom ‘Burn Your Bridges’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘Burn Your Bridges’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘Burn Your Bridges’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.