单词 | go back on something |
释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to fail to fulfil (a promise) The budget crisis has forced the President to go back on his word. Synonyms repudiate He repudiated any form of nationalism. break forsake I still love you and would never forsake you. retract He hurriedly sought to retract the statement. renege on desert Poor farmers are deserting their fields and looking for jobs. back out of change your mind about Additional synonymsin the sense of desert Definition to abandon (a person or place) without intending to return Poor farmers are deserting their fields and looking for jobs. Synonyms abandon, leave, give up, quit (informal), withdraw from, move out of, relinquish, renounce, vacate, forsake, go away from, leave empty, relinquish possession of in the sense of forsake Definition to withdraw support or friendship from I still love you and would never forsake you. Synonyms desert, leave, abandon, quit, strand, jettison, repudiate, cast off, disown, jilt, throw over, leave in the lurch in the sense of retract Definition to withdraw (a statement, charge, etc.) as invalid or unjustified He hurriedly sought to retract the statement. Synonyms withdraw, take back, revoke, disown, deny, recall, reverse, cancel, repeal, renounce, go back on, repudiate, rescind, renege on, back out of, disavow, recant, disclaim, abjure, eat your words, unsay Nearby words of |
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