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burns one's boats

burns one's boats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn one's boats.

Meaning of burn one's boats

Verb

burn one's boats (third-person singular simple present burns one's boats, present participle burning one's boats, simple past and past participle burned one's boats or burnt one's boats)

  1. (idiomatic) To cut oneself off from all chance of retreat; to stake everything on success.

Questions about burns one's boats

What is burns one's boats the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Burns one's boats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn one's boats.

Words near burns one's boats in the dictionary

  1. burns in hell
  2. Burns Night
  3. Burns nights
  4. burns off
  5. burns one down
  6. burns one's boats
  7. burns one's bridges
  8. burns one's fingers
  9. burns one's toast
  10. burns out
  11. burns pavement

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