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单词 to go back on one's word
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to go back on one's word
(b) To break (a promise); to renege on (an agreement, decision, etc.). Frequently in to go back on one's word. Cf. sense 2a.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > be unfaithful to [verb (transitive)] > break (a promise or agreement)
breakOE
abreakOE
false1303
violate?a1475
unpromise1583
to go back on1862
1862 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 106 He could not well go back upon his implied assent.
1872 H. Foster ‘Favorite Clown’ Songster 43 I'll never go back on my word.
1882 B. Harte Flip, & Found at Blazing Star 62 Don't go back on your promise.
1907 Outlook 22 June 820/1 He was reserving the liberty to go back on his decision.
1922 Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 351 Nobody shall say that I go back upon my word.
1960 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Mar. 942/1 It is disappointing to witness the Government attempting to go back on a promise.
2002 Times of India 12/1 Promises he has made and gone back upon.
2011 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Feb. 15 Leaders of the pro-democracy movement..said..that they would hold more protests if the army went back on its word.
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