go back on
To be treacherous or faithless toTo be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.
» I think I have to go back on a diet after Christmas.
Ich denke, nach Weihnachten muss ich wieder Diät machen. — samueldora
Думаю, после Рождества мне опять придётся сесть на диету. — marafon
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Examples
18 sentencesI think I have to go back on a diet after Christmas.
ruДумаю, после Рождества мне опять придётся сесть на диету. — marafon
deIch denke, nach Weihnachten muss ich wieder Diät machen. — samueldora
Don't go back on your promise.
Tom went back on board.
Meaning
3 sensesTo be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.
to go back on friends
hintergehen, betrügen, verraten
To fail to keep; to renege on.
to go back on one's promises
BBC News On Sunday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would not go back on its nuclear programme.
zurücknehmen, rückgängig machen
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, back, go back, on.
He went back on the same path.
They said the electricity will go back on before midnight.
- fail to fulfill a promise or obligation
Forms
goes back on, going back on, went back on, gone back onirregular · Lesson
| Base form | go back on · to go back on |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | goes back on |
| Present participle | going back on |
| Past simple | went back on |
| Past participle | gone back on |
Tenses
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Phrasal verbs
20 phrasal verbs- go toandare aTo attend an event or a sight.
- go onпродовжувати, продовжитиTo continue an action.продолжать, продолжитьTo continue an action.weitermachenTo continue an action.continuarTo continue an action.continuerTo continue an action.continuareTo continue an action.devam etmek, sürmekTo continue an action.continuarTo continue an action.To continue in extent.
- go outвийти, виходитивыйти, выходитьausgehen, hinausgehensalirsortirandare fuori, uscirewyjść, wychodzićçıkmaksairTo leave, especially a building.
- go backповертатисявернуться, брать началоzurückgehenrevenir, retournertornarevoltarTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- go back toTo stem from; to originate in.
- go intoTo get involved in; to investigate or explore.
- go inTo become obscured by clouds.
- go throughatravesartraverserattraversareTo travel from one end of something to the other.
More 12
- go awayвідходити, від'їжджатиуехать, уйтиweggehen, fortgehenirse, marcharsepartirandare via, partireodejść, odchodzićçıkmakpartir, sairTo depart or leave a place.
- go downспускатися, спуститисяспускаться, опускатьсяabsteigendescenderdescendrescendere, discenderezejść, schodzićinmek, alçalmakdescerTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- go upпідніматися, підійматисяподниматься, поднятьсяsteigensubirmontersalirepodnieść się, podnosić sięyükselmeksubirTo move upwards.
- go overхорошо приниматьсяTo create a response or impression.To create a response or impression.To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
- go aheadпожалуйста, приступайтеUsed to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.nur zu, bitteUsed to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.ponerseUsed to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.allez-yUsed to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.vaiUsed to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.śmiałoUsed to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.vai em frenteUsed to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal.To proceed with; to begin.
- go offвибухати, вибухнутивзорваться, взрыватьсяexplodierenexplotarexploseresploderepatlamakTo fire, especially accidentally.explodirTo explode.
- go withTo choose or accept (a suggestion).
- go withoutpasar sin, pasarse sinTo lack or be deprived of (something).obyć się bez, obywać się bezTo lack or be deprived of (something).To forgo (something).
- go aroundcundirprzenieść się, ruszać sięTo move or spread from person to person.
- go forprovare, tentarepróbować, spróbowaćtentarTo try for, to attempt to reach.
- go aboutциркулироватьTo circulate (in).rozprzestrzeniać sięTo circulate (in).To busy oneself with.
- go alongTo participate, cooperate, or conform.
Synonyms
26 synonyms- fail to fulfill a promise or obligation:renegerenege onrenegue on
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.