Meaning of burn that bridge when one comes to it | Babel Free

Definitions

To anticipate dealing with a problem or situation either by acting in a manner that alienates or cuts ties with others, or merely with the expectation of encountering trouble.

idiomatic

Examples

“That takes care of Kay. As for the man, I'll burn that bridge when I come to it.”

“...when the time came in making the inevitable break. Well — he'd burn that bridge when he came to it.”

“Tonight the happy couple were to sleep at Dyer House, as generations of Dukes and their Duchesses had before them, but — as Wessex's partner often said — they would burn that bridge when they came to it.”

““We can't do anything about that now. Emma, we'll burn that bridge when we come to it, okay?””

“Clients often whistled a different tune at a later date, but one could burn that bridge when one came to it.”

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