there's no going back

phrase

—used to say that once a person has done or decided something it cannot be changed
I've already signed the contract, so there's no going back now.

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For some, there's no going back. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026 So when you're betrayed like that, there's no going back for me. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026 Once people experience this kind of interaction, there's no going back. — Alex Levin, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 From ambushes to surveillance to defoliation to airstrikes, there's no going back. — Colin Demarest, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 There are plenty of people coming out to say 'I wasn't protected,' and now there's no going back. — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024 Getting Ahead What's clear is that there's no going back to traditional marketing and campaign measurement approaches. — Katie Madding, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

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“There's no going back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there%27s%20no%20going%20back. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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