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Point of no return

The point of no return is the point beyond which one must continue on his or her current course of action because turning back is physically impossible, prohibitively expensive or dangerous. A particular irreversible action can be a point of no return, but the point of no return can also be a calculated point during a continuous action .

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Point of No Return

Point of No Return is a 1993 American action film directed by John Badham and starring Bridget Fonda and Gabriel Byrne. It is a remake of Luc Besson's 1990 film Nikita.

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point of no return

Noun

  1. The point in an aircraft's flight when there is insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of origin.
  2. The point in any journey, process, or sequence of events when it is no longer possible to reverse course or stop the process.


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