go back on sth
— Phrasal Verb with go /gəʊ/ verb [I] (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
› to not do something that you promised you would do: I never go back on my word (= not do what I said I would do).
(Definition of go back on sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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