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burnt one's boats

burnt one's boats is the simple past and past participle 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 burnt one's boats

What is burnt one's boats the simple past and past participle of?
Burnt one's boats is the simple past and past participle of burn one's boats.

Words near burnt one's boats in the dictionary

  1. Burnt Oak
  2. burnt off
  3. burnt offering
  4. burnt offerings
  5. burnt one down
  6. burnt one's boats
  7. burnt one's bridges
  8. burnt one's fingers
  9. burnt one's toast
  10. burnt orange
  11. burnt oranges

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