go back on en · VERB
Meanings
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To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.
to go back on friends
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To fail to keep; to renege on.
to go back on one's promises
BBC News On Sunday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would not go back on its nuclear programme.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, back, go back, on.
They said the electricity will go back on before midnight.
He went back on the same path.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gone back on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| going back on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| went back on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| goes back on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
cross up · stab in the back · do the dirty on · renegade · sell out · stab in the back · cross out · false · cop out · double-cross · sell down the river · knife · double-cross · burn · quisle · play someone false · turncoat · go back on · sell out · betray · do someone dirty · let down · sell · sell the pass · swike · sell down · assfuck · traitorize
Translations (12)
de rückgängig machen (fail to keep, renege on) · fr revenir sur (fail to keep, renege on) · de hintergehen (be treacherous or faithless to; betray) · fi perua (fail to keep, renege on) · es desdecirse (fail to keep, renege on) · el ανακαλώ (fail to keep, renege on) · de verraten (be treacherous or faithless to; betray) · de betrügen (be treacherous or faithless to; betray) · es retractarse (fail to keep, renege on) · el υπαναχωρώ (fail to keep, renege on) · de zurücknehmen (fail to keep, renege on) · de im Stich lassen (be treacherous or faithless to; betray)