All go back on synonyms

verb go back on

• cop out — If you say that someone is copping out, you mean they are avoiding doing something they should do.
• demur — If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• recant — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
• recoil — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
• resign — to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed by from): to resign from the presidency.
• submit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
• yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
• beg off — to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
• give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• wimp out — a weak, ineffectual, timid person.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
• welsh — to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you?
• get cold feet — (Idiomatic) VI to become nervous or anxious and reconsider a decision about an upcoming event.
• throw in the towel — an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
• weasel out — any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
• reconsider — to consider again, especially with a view to change of decision or action: to reconsider a refusal.
• blow the whistle — to inform (on)
• break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
• double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
• let down — British. a lease.
• sell out — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
• stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
• take in — the act of taking.
• turn in — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• walk out on — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
• play false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
• sell down the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
• give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
• go over — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• run out — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
• take a walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
• bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
• check out — When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
• opt out — to make a choice; choose (usually followed by for).