(the) point of no return

(the) point of no return
the moment at which it becomes impossible to change or stop something

He warned that global warming would soon reach a point of no return.

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the ˌpoint of ˌno reˈturn idiom
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
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