Usually means: Destroy relationships or opportunities irreparably.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word burn one's bridges:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. burn one's bridges: Merriam-Webster
  2. burn one's bridges: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burn one's bridges, burn one's bridges: Collins English Dictionary
  4. burn one's bridges: Wiktionary
  5. burn one's bridges, burn one's bridges (behind one), burn ones bridges, burn ones bridges (behind one): Dictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. burn one's bridges: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (burn one's bridges)

verb:  (idiomatic) To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.


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