go back on

English

Verb

go back on (third-person singular simple present goes back on, present participle going back on, simple past went back on, past participle gone back on)

1. to be treacherous or faithless to; betray.

   to go back on friends

2. 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.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ back,‎ go back,‎ on.

   He went back on the same path.

   They said the electricity will go back on before midnight.

Translations

be treacherous or faithless to; betray

• German: hintergehen (de), betrügen (de), verraten (de), im Stich lassen (de)

fail to keep, renege on

• Finnish: perua (fi)
• French: revenir sur
• German: zurücknehmen (de), rückgängig machen
• Greek: υπαναχωρώ (el) (ypanachoró), ανακαλώ (el) (anakaló)
• Spanish: retractarse (es), desdecirse (es)