GO BACK ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go back on mean? 

• GO BACK ON (verb)
  The verb GO BACK ON has 1 sense:

1. fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

  Familiarity information: GO BACK ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GO BACK ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

go back on; renege; renege on; renegue on

Context example:

She backed out of her promise

Hypernyms (to "go back on" is one way to...):

annul; countermand; lift; overturn; repeal; rescind; reverse; revoke; vacate (cancel officially)

"Go back on" entails doing...:

assure; promise (make a promise or commitment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something