{
  "id": "burned-bridges.path",
  "term": "burned bridges",
  "sense": "path",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 15,
  "domain": "path_dependence",
  "style": "folk",
  "definition": "A past interaction that set a wall in a parameter of connection, beyond which return is not possible even though the parts persist.",
  "folk_gloss": "ruined a relationship so it can't be fixed.",
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "interaction.process",
      "wall.range-end",
      "parameter.condition",
      "persist.continue",
      "part.relation"
    ],
    "interaction": "interaction.process",
    "novel_properties": [
      "path_dependence"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "burn bridges",
    "burned bridges"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "phrases:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.7,
    "sources": [
      "folk phrase — path dependence"
    ]
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-burned-bridges.path"
}