(the Rubicon) noun [sing.] the point at which a decision has been taken which can no longer be changed:
Today we cross the Rubicon. There is no going back
ORIGIN From the Rubicon, a stream which formed the border between Italy and Gaul. When Julius Caesar broke the law by crossing it with his army in 49BC, it led inevitably to war.
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