one-way ticket

No return trip

A one-way ticket is transportation for travel in one direction only, without a return journey: I bought a one-way ticket to Denver.

Figuratively, a one-way ticket describes an irreversible path or course of action: That kind of recklessness is a one-way ticket to disaster.

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Opposites
return journey

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Passage for departure and return

return ticket · round-trip · return fare · return · open return

REVERSIBILITY/PERMANENCE (figurative)

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Preliminary test attempt

test drive · escape hatch · soft landing · safety net · second chance

permanence and finality

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Passage for departure and return

trial run · vacation · sabbatical · visiting · short stay

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G