GO BACK ON meaning: Retract or break a promise

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Definitions from Wiktionary (go back on)

▸ verb:  To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.
▸ verb:  To fail to keep; to renege on.
▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, back, go back, on.

Opposite:

uphold, honor, maintain, keep

Types:

renege, renege on, revoke, repeal, rescind, retract, withdraw, more...

Phrases:

to go back on, go back on word, go back on a promise, to go back on your word, to go back on a promise, more...

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