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Option 4 : To make retreat or reversal impossible

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सही उत्तर To make retreat or reversal impossible है।

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Question:

Identify the correct explanation of the idiom "to burn one's bridges":

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To destroy public property deliberately
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To work late into the night
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To quarrel with one's colleagues openly
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To make retreat or reversal impossible

Correct Answer: To make retreat or reversal impossible

The idiom refers to cutting off the possibility of return, as an army burning bridges behind it commits itself fully to advance; it has nothing to do with literal arson. / (English-only section)

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