go back on

English

Verb

go back on (third-person singular simple present goes back on, present participle going back on, simple past went back on, past participle gone back on)

to be treacherous or faithless to; betray.
to go back on friends
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.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ back,‎ go back,‎ on.
He went back on the same path.

They said the electricity will go back on before midnight.

Translations

be treacherous or faithless to; betray

German: hintergehen (de), betrügen (de), verraten (de), im Stich lassen (de)

fail to keep, renege on

Finnish: perua (fi)
French: revenir sur
German: zurücknehmen (de), rückgängig machen
Greek: υπαναχωρώ (el) (ypanachoró), ανακαλώ (el) (anakaló)
Spanish: retractarse (es), desdecirse (es)

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