go back on
30 synonyms found
- abandon
- back out
- be unfaithful
- beg off
- break faith
- cry off
- depart from
- desert
- discard
- drop out
- evacuate
- fail
- forsake
- jettison
- jilt
- leave behind
- leave flat
- maroon
- pass the buck
- pull out
- quit cold
- renege
- say goodbye to
- shift the blame
- shift the responsibility
- stand down
- take leave of
- throw over
- vacate
- withdraw
Definition
(v) :
to be treacherous or faithless to; betray; as, to go back on friends; to fail to keep; to renege on; as, to go back on one's promises
"on Sunday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would not go back on its nuclear programme. -- BBC News"