POINT OF NO RETURN meaning: Irreversible commitment to a decision

We found 21 dictionaries that define the word point of no return:

General (17 matching dictionaries)

point of no return: Merriam-Webster
the point of no return: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
point of no return: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
point of no return, the point of no return: Collins English Dictionary
point of no return: Vocabulary.com
point of no return: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
point of no return: Wiktionary
point of no return: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
point of no return: Infoplease Dictionary
point of no return: Dictionary.com
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Point of no return: Rhymezone
point of no return: FreeDictionary.org
point of no return: Mnemonic Dictionary
point of no return: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Point-of-no-return, point of no return: Legal dictionary

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Point-of-no-return, point of no return: Encyclopedia

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point of no return, the point of no return: Idioms

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the point of no return: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (point of no return)

▸ noun: (aviation) The point in an aircraft's flight when there is insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of origin.
▸ noun: (figurative) The point in any process or sequence of events where some development becomes inevitable.

Opposite:

point of return, turning point, point of reversal

Phrases:

the point of no return, more...

Adjectives:

touch-and-go, touch and go, crabbed, jet set, beta, trim, flight, alpha, rolloff, airborne, clean

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