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All go back on synonyms

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verb go back on

  • abandon β€” If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • back off β€” If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
  • withdraw β€” to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
  • faith β€” a female given name.
  • promote β€” to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
  • misrepresent β€” to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
  • deny β€” When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • repeal β€” to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
  • revoke β€” to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
  • reverse β€” opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
  • disavow β€” to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
  • rule out β€” a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
  • disown β€” to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
  • rescind β€” to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
  • repossess β€” to possess again; regain possession of, especially for nonpayment of money due.
  • reclaim β€” to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
  • balk β€” If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
  • backtrack β€” If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
  • take back β€” to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • cancel β€” If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
  • concede β€” If you concede something, you admit, often unwillingly, that it is true or correct.
  • back out β€” If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
  • admit β€” If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
  • withdraw β€” to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
  • pull out β€” to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
  • back off β€” If you back off, you move away in order to avoid problems or a fight.
  • surrender β€” to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
  • retreat β€” the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
  • give in β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • cave in β€” If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
  • pull back β€” the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
  • give up β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • back down β€” If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
  • mislead β€” to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
  • deceive β€” If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
  • seduce β€” to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
  • quit β€” to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
  • depart β€” When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
  • renounce β€” to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • abscond β€” If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
  • revolt β€” to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny: to revolt against the present government.
  • reject β€” to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • bolt β€” A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
  • vacate β€” to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
  • flee β€” to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
  • pervert β€” to affect with perversion.
  • frame β€” a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
  • bull β€” A bull is a male animal of the cow family.
  • invent β€” to originate or create as a product of one's own ingenuity, experimentation, or contrivance: to invent the telegraph.
  • dupe β€” duplicate.
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