point of no return

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   a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment

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What does point of no return mean?

point of no return means "a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment".

What is another word for point of no return?

Close synonyms include Rubicon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is point of no return a common word?

point of no return is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.