go back on

incumplir, faltar a

No hacer algo que habías prometido o acordado hacer.

En inglés sencillo: To fail to do something you promised or agreed to do.

• Don’t go back on your promise.
• They went back on the deal after we paid.
• Has she ever gone back on her word?

Cómo se usa: go back on a promise/agreement (You cannot go back on our agreement now.)

Sinónimos: break, renege on

Antónimos: keep, honor

Expresiones frecuentes: go back on something, go back on promises

volver, regresar

Regresar siguiendo un camino concreto o desplazándose por una superficie determinada.

En inglés sencillo: To return by travelling along a particular route or surface.

• We went back on the same path.
• They decided to go back on the coastal road.
• Can we go back on the trail we used yesterday?

Cómo se usa: go back on a route/surface (We went back on the same road.)

Sinónimos: return

Expresiones frecuentes: go back on foot, go back on horseback

traicionar, abandonar

Dejar de ser leal a alguien que confiaba en ti.

En inglés sencillo: To stop being loyal to someone who trusted you.

• He went back on his friends.
• She refused to go back on her old allies.
• Would you go back on someone who trusted you?

Cómo se usa: go back on someone (He would never go back on his friends.)

Sinónimos: betray, desert

Expresiones frecuentes: go back on someone, go back on friends