burn bridges

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burn your bridges

to permanently and unpleasantly end your relationship with a person or organization. Welles had burned his bridges so badly with the movie studios that they laughed when you mentioned his name.

Etymology: based on the military action of burning a bridge you have just crossed to prevent the enemy from crossing it after you

See also: Bridges, burn

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Manage termination of accounts professionally--don't burn bridges when an account is terminated. Business competition a key issue facing management professionals by Toothaker, Robert / Real Estate Weekly It makes no sense to do things to burn bridges at the beginning of a long process,'' Curran said. BIG NEW NEIGHBOR STILL A STRANGER LENNAR CORP.'S COMMUNITY FOCUS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) The editor of Anti-Gay, a book that caused a firestorm of controversy in the United Kingdom when it was published in 1996, Simpson has the distinction of being both hated and respected (in Queen he jokingly worries that the book, meant to burn bridges, instead ignited a new brand of gay lifestyle). The Queen is Dead: A Story Jarheads, Eggheads, Serial Killers and Bad ... by White, Dave / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) More results

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Manage termination of accounts professionally--don't burn bridges when an account is terminated.

Business competition a key issue facing management professionals by Toothaker, Robert / Real Estate Weekly

It makes no sense to do things to burn bridges at the beginning of a long process,'' Curran said.

BIG NEW NEIGHBOR STILL A STRANGER LENNAR CORP.'S COMMUNITY FOCUS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

The editor of Anti-Gay, a book that caused a firestorm of controversy in the United Kingdom when it was published in 1996, Simpson has the distinction of being both hated and respected (in Queen he jokingly worries that the book, meant to burn bridges, instead ignited a new brand of gay lifestyle).

The Queen is Dead: A Story Jarheads, Eggheads, Serial Killers and Bad ... by White, Dave / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

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