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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: Rubico river in northern Italy which Julius Caesar crossed in 49BC, setting off a civil war

Rubicon

noun
     
Ru‧bi‧con

cross the Rubicon

to do something that will have extremely important effects in the future and that you cannot change
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