one-way tickets

Trips without return

One-way tickets are travel passes for a single journey without a return trip included.

The phrase often carries figurative weight—a one-way ticket to disaster suggests an irreversible path toward ruin.

In darker contexts, buying a one-way ticket can imply no intention of coming back: He purchased a one-way ticket and was never seen again.

Related

point of no return · burning bridges · leap of faith · flight · journey · finality · airline · airport · escape route · leaving home · new beginning · starting over · holiday · expatriation · passengers · commitment · train · railway station

Opposites
trip structure

one-way ticketsround-trip tickets

Passage for going and coming

return tickets · return fares · tourist visas

flexibility/options

one-way ticketsrail passes

Documents allowing train travel

Family

ticket, ones, ways, tickets, ticketed, ticketing, oneness, wayward, wayfarer

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G