going back on
Reversing a commitment
Going back on means failing to honor a commitment or promise previously made.
To go back on your word is to break it: She went back on her promise to help.
The phrase implies betrayal of trust—you agreed to something, then reversed course: He's going back on the deal we shook hands on.
- renegingFailing to keep commitments
- disavowingRefusing to claim
- retractingWithdrawing a statement
- repudiatingFormally refusing to acknowledge
- about-faceFull directional reversal
eating words · reversal · rescission · abrogation · recanting · backtracking · disloyalty · welshing · withdrawal · breach · nullification · backsliding · defaulting · betrayal · annulment · revocation · abjuring · unfaithfulness
commitment fulfillment
going back onkeeping
Holding in custody
honoring · fulfilling · upholding · standing by · making good on
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