Definitions for Rubicon

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Rubicon Ru·bi·con

Spelling: [roo-bi-kon]

IPA: /ˈru bɪˌkɒn/

Rubicon is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in Rubicon (bcinoru).

Definitions for Rubicon

noun

1. a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles (24 km) long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.

Idioms

1. cross / pass the Rubicon, to take a decisive, irrevocable step:

Examples for Rubicon

Caesar led his army into Italy to the borders of the Rubicon.

David has previously reviewed Holland's In the Shadow of the Sword, Persian Fire, and Rubicon.

Another diplomat chose a different cliche: “We have crossed the Rubicon,” he said.

I saw that my fair sweetheart had crossed the Rubicon; the day was won.

Tom Holland's Rubicon tells the story of this competition - and how it destroyed the Republic that had incubated it.

It had already crossed the Rubicon and passed over to the Entente.

The first foot has been placed on the south bank of the Rubicon.

The antecedent in this instance is not Rubicon, but the entire clause.

He crossed the Rubicon of a door-mat and stood in the unlighted hall.

This is the last of a four-part series on Tom Holland's Persian Fire and Rubicon.