to burn one's bridges

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To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc

Even if you are dismissed from a job in the worst way, take care to not burn your bridges with unseemly comments on the way out, since you never know who you will meet again.

(deyim) To make a decision that you cannot change; remove or destroy all the ways you can get back out of a place you have got into on purpose; leave yourself no way to escape a position

1. Bob was a good wrestler but a poor boxer. He burned his boats by letting Mickey choose how they would fight. 2. When Dorothy became a nun, she burned her bridges behind her.

break off ties, destroy existing connections; get rid of the possibility of return
to burn one's bridges

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    to burn one's Bridg·es

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    tı bırn wʌnz brîcız

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    /tə ˈbərn ˈwənz ˈbrəʤəz/ /tə ˈbɜrn ˈwʌnz ˈbrɪʤəz/