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to pass the Rubicon
(gcide) | Rubicon \Ru"bi*con\, prop. n. (Anc. geog.)
A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the
province alloted to Julius Caesar.
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Note: By leading an army across this river, contrary to the
prohibition of the civil government at Rome, Caesar
precipitated the civil war which resulted in the death
of Pompey and the overthrow of the senate; hence, the
phrase
to pass the Rubicon or
cross the Rubicon signifies to take the decisive step by
which one is committed to a hazardous enterprise from
which there is no retreat.
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