go back on

English

Verb

go back on (see inflection at go)

(transitive) To be treacherous or faithless to; betray.
to go back on friends
(transitive) 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.

Translations

fail to keep, renege on

Finnish: perua (fi)
German: etwas rückgängig machen, etwas zurücknehmen

Greek: υπαναχωρώ (el) (ypanachoró), ανακαλώ (el) (anakaló)

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