English Dictionary

rubicon

/ˈɹuːbɪkɒn/

verb

(transitive, card games) Especially in bezique and piquet: to defeat a player who has not achieved the rubicon.

He decided to cross the rubicon and pursue his dreams.

意味（1）

(transitive, card games) Especially in bezique and piquet: to defeat a player who has not achieved the rubicon.

A curious score was made in a game of piquet with one of the ladies. … In the fifth hand she made a piquet and capot, scoring 121 to 0, and in the sixth hand, being the minor, she made a repiquet, taking all but the last trick, counting 111 to 3, totalling 270, and rubiconing her opponent at 99, with a win of 469 points.