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Define Burning Bridges Meaning

Burning Bridges
1) The act of unpleasantly and permanently ending relations with another person, or an organization.
2) To act harshly/disgracefully upon leaving a situation to ensure that you will not be welcomed back.
3) To cut off the way upon which you came from, making it impossible to return or retreat.

1) Our friendship was so broken by that point, the only way we could move on was to burn bridges between us.
2)She walked out of the store she was employed at, screaming and cursing at the management. She burned her bridges and will never be able to step back in there again.
3)In order to commit the troops to battle, the general made the difficult, and risky choice of burning bridges behind them.
By Meggie
Burning Bridges
The act of eliminating all possibility of return or retreat.

You said you didn't want to be a fugitive, but you shot a man in Reno, tried to sell cocaine to a cop, and kicked a puppy into moving traffic! Talk about burning bridges, mate!
By Velma
Burning Bridges
unable to move on or get someone out of your head. you only want that one person and nobody else so there is no escape. they're burning bridges to other people so it's that one person or nobody for your two options.

"you're burning bridges baby, burning bridges making wishes"- boys like girls
By Patty
Burning Bridges
One of the worst experiences in middle to high school. To burn a bridge is to break away from a close friend, who you have consistently been on good terms and have had happy memories together. A simpler way: burning up your friendship or connections with someone important to you. A warning to anyone: don't do it. You will seriously feel down, and until that person (or even you) has apologized, you'll both feel bad. It emotionally rips you, as a friend will start avoiding you, express anger at you, etc. until you tell them how you're feeling about this.
And don't think this doesn't happen at your school.

It does. It tears people apart.

Maybe some are striking a match, others with a wildfire, while others are completely disconnected.

Rebuilding bridges can take years, yet burning one could just take a day.

A example of burning bridges includes:

Avoiding certain individuals (physically avoiding someone, blocking/not responding to chats over the Internet)
Shouting or expressing anger at you ("I HATE YOU" "STFU" "SHUT UP" "GO AWAY")
Attacking someone physically (hitting, pushing)
Attacking someone mentally (saying nasty things directly to you)
Attacking someone socially (spreading/starting nasty rumors/gossip about you to others)
By Biddy
Burning Bridges
Burning bridges

Burning bridges
By Sharity
Burn A Bridge
cut off all ties in a relationship
when you burn a bridge you can't cross it again. to burn a bridge means to be completely done with something.

your bridges were burned
and now it's your turn
to cry, cry me a river
By Merrile
Burn A Bridge
street slang, the act of spraying(bombing, hence the term) a bridge with a lot of tags/throw-ups.

see "100 Grand Canyon" by Cancer Bats

And all the kids are bridge burnin', throwin' up their names!
And all the heads are street learnin', steppin' up their game!

"yo man let's go burn a bridge"
By Indira
Burn A Bridge
Burn a bridge is a slang term for lets go smoke some weed.
Can also say burn one

Hey you want to go burn a bridge with me?
By Malena
Burn The Bridge
Putting out a cigarette on someone's bridge. (The area between the anus and the genitals)

I was smoking while I was banging her. When I finished, she let me burn the bridge!
By Lanita
Burn One's Bridges
To leave all of your friends and acquaintances behind; to cause permanent damage in your relationships.

The idea is that there people who form bridges to your past. If you forget or insult them, you have burned all of your bridges to the past, and can never go back.

1) Even though you're quitting your job tomorrow, try not to burn one's bridges. You never know when you'll need help in the future.

2) There may be a conflict of interest if I work with both companies. Of course I don't want to burn one's bridges, so I should choose one company and let the other know that I can't work with them.
By Francine