cut off all ties in a relationship
when you burn a bridge you can't cross it again. to burn a bridge means to be completely done with something.
your bridges were burned
and now it's your turn
to cry, cry me a river
by mimi December 17, 2004
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street slang, the act of spraying(bombing, hence the term) a bridge with a lot of tags/throw-ups.

see "100 Grand Canyon" by Cancer Bats
And all the kids are bridge burnin', throwin' up their names!
And all the heads are street learnin', steppin' up their game!

"yo man let's go burn a bridge"
by ranimal April 4, 2008
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Burn a bridge is a slang term for lets go smoke some weed.
Can also say burn one
Hey you want to go burn a bridge with me?
by Rasta-Clat November 14, 2004
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Putting out a cigarette on someone's bridge. (The area between the anus and the genitals)
I was smoking while I was banging her. When I finished, she let me burn the bridge!
by Russ Malcolm June 14, 2007
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To leave all of your friends and acquaintances behind; to cause permanent damage in your relationships.

The idea is that there people who form bridges to your past. If you forget or insult them, you have burned all of your bridges to the past, and can never go back.
1) Even though you're quitting your job tomorrow, try not to burn one's bridges. You never know when you'll need help in the future.

2) There may be a conflict of interest if I work with both companies. Of course I don't want to burn one's bridges, so I should choose one company and let the other know that I can't work with them.
by silverbridge2000 November 21, 2006
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You really fucked this whole thing up. You've

ruined everything.
You burned this bridge between us.
by Logan Bear February 15, 2016
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1) The act of unpleasantly and permanently ending relations with another person, or an organization.
2) To act harshly/disgracefully upon leaving a situation to ensure that you will not be welcomed back.
3) To cut off the way upon which you came from, making it impossible to return or retreat.
1) Our friendship was so broken by that point, the only way we could move on was to burn bridges between us.
2)She walked out of the store she was employed at, screaming and cursing at the management. She burned her bridges and will never be able to step back in there again.
3)In order to commit the troops to battle, the general made the difficult, and risky choice of burning bridges behind them.
by Underknot July 15, 2016
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