Rubicon

Ru·bi·con /ˈruːbɪkən, -kɒn $ -kɑːn/ noun

cross the Rubicon EFFECT/INFLUENCEto do something that will have extremely important effects in the future and that you cannot change 破釜沉舟；断然采取行动

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cross the Rubicon• But tormented though I was with guilt and self-doubt, I knew I had crossed the Rubicon.• On the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon.• General Bourbollon's troops are gathering around the capital; he's prepared to cross the Rubicon.

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Rubicon• On the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon.

Origin Rubicon

(1600-1700) Latin Rubico river in northern Italy which Julius Caesar crossed in 49BC, setting off a civil war

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