без возврата

• БЕЗ ВОЗВРАТА{{}}

[PrepP; Invar; adv]

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1. irreversibly, forever:

- irrevocably;

- for good;

- never to return;

- and will never return.

     ♦ Я понял, что молодость прошла без возврата. I realized that my youth was gone, never to return.

2. давать, брать что ≈ coll (to give sth. to s.o.) without asking him to return it, (to take, borrow sth.) without planning to return it:

- [in refer, to giving sth.] for good;

- for keeps;

- [in refer, to taking, borrowing sth.] never returning it (them);

- never intending to return it (them);

- with no intention of returning it (them).

     ♦ Ваня завёл себе привычку брать книги у друзей без возврата. Vanya made a habit of borrowing his friends' books and never returning them.