go back on

[go back on] {v. phr.}

1. To turn against; not be faithful or loyal to.

* /Many of the man's friends went back on him when he was sent to prison./

* /The boy's father told him not to go back on his promise./

Compare: BACK DOWN, TURN ONE'S BACK. 2. To fail to do necessary work; not work.

* /Grandfather's eyes are going back on him./

Compare: BREAK DOWN(4), GIVE OUT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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