renege
verb (used without object)
to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
had reneged
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past perfectof renege.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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None of that happens if Lesch’s shoulder had held on or if the Dodgers had reneged on their deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, said late on Sunday that prosecutors had reneged on a "previously agreed-upon plea agreement".
From Reuters ● Aug. 14, 2023
In 2015, about 130 of them without documentation submitted requests for residency rights, claiming that authorities had reneged on earlier promises to legalize their status.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
The Justice companies previously argued that the government had reneged on a deal to resolve some of these violations for a $250,000 fine.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2023
Because now that the aunt was gone, Ellen had reneged from that triumvirate of which Miss Rosa tried without realising it to make two.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
