point of no return
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نظامی: نقطه حداکثر شعاع عمل هواپیما آخرین حد شعاع عمل هواپیما
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English Dictionarypoint of no return noun [S]the stage at which it is no longer possible to stop what you are doing and when its effects cannot now be avoided or prevented:
Russia, he said, had reached the point of no return on the road to reform and had to go forward. Scientists fear that global warming has gone beyond the point of no return. [TahlilGaran] Advanced Learner's Dictionary ▲
Idiomspoint of no returnthe time in an activity when you cannot stop doing it but must continue to the end. And although I was bored, I'd already spent so much time doing the research for the novel that I felt I'd reached the point of no return. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
point of no returnthe halfway point, the point where it is too late to turn back
We reached the point of no return on our journey and decided that it would be impossible to turn back.
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