Ru‧bi‧con /ˈruːbɪkən, -kɒn $ -kɑːn/
noun[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: Rubico river in northern Italy which Julius Caesar crossed in 49BC, setting off a civil war]
cross the Rubicon to do something that will have extremely important effects in the future and that you cannot change
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