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burn your boats

Idiom Courage

Meaning

to commit yourself to a course of action without a way back

Example Sentences

"He burned his boats when he quit his job to start a business."

Related Expressions

answer the call

to respond to a responsibility or opportunity

A leap of faith

Believing in something even without evidence or proof.

a match made in heaven

a perfect couple, very well suited for each other

beyond reasonable doubt

without any logical uncertainty

in stitches

laughing uncontrollably

dig out

to retrieve something that has been stored or buried