go back on

1. Fail to honor or keep, as in You can't go back on your word, or One should never go back on a promise. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

We had just come off a tour, “Siamese Dream,” which was a 14-month tour, and we went in the studio for eight months, made the “Mellon Collie” record, and we immediately went back on tour.

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After the Trojans defense stiffened, the offense went back on a roll, using another leaping grab by Lemon — this one for 35 yards — to set up a 12-yard TD pass between three defenders to Lemon.

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Just because you think you can get a better deal elsewhere, is not sufficient excuse to go back on your word.

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Resident doctors in Scotland are balloting for strike action after claiming government ministers went back on an agreement over pay.

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Days after he defended the right of religious schools to teach that homosexual relationships were wrong, he went back on himself and admitted he had made a mistake.

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