go back on sth
— Phrasal Verb with go /gəʊ/ verb (going, went, gone)Definition
› to not keep a promise, or to change a decision or agreement: The government looks likely to go back on its decision to close the mines.
(Definition of go back on sth from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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