Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go back on

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.71 in modern English

Syllables: go back- on
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.

verb

To fail to keep; to renege on.

verb

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

Example Sentences

"to go back on friends"
"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."
"He went back on the same path."
"They said the electricity will go back on before midnight."

Inflected Forms

goes back on (present, singular) going back on (participle, present) went back on (past) gone back on (participle, past)

Phrases

go back on one's word

Synonyms

double-cross sell out stab in the back assfuck betray burn cop out cross out cross up do someone dirty do the dirty on false

Questions

What does go back on mean?: To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.

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