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  • verb transitive To be treacherous or faithless to; betray; as, to go back on friends.
  • verb transitive To fail to keep; to renege on; as, to go back on one's promises.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb fail to fulfill a promise or obligation

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