the point of no return

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   the time when you must continue with what you have decided to do, because it is not possible to get back to an earlier situation

   Past the point of no return

In the movies · 2

• Criticality, a point of no return, massive explosive force.Oppenheimer2023
• Past the point of no returnThe Phantom of the Opera2004
• and that we're past the point of no return no matter what remedial actions we take?Kingsman: The Secret Service2014
• How about Point ofKnow Return on Point of Know Return?High Fidelity2000
• It was no point of return.Mully2015
• Can you even begin to fathom the shit-ton of money my uncles and I have squandered to get to this point of no return?The French Dispatch2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

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• if it comes to the point
• in point of fact
• make a point of doing
• more to the point
• on point
• point of contact
• a point of departure
• a point of honour
• point taken
• to the point
• to the point of
• up to a point