go back on

revenir sur, manquer à

Ne pas faire ce qu’on avait promis ou accepté de faire.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : go back on a promise/agreement (You cannot go back on our agreement now.)

Synonymes : break, renege on

Contraires : keep, honor

Expressions courantes : go back on something, go back on promises

revenir, retourner

Revenir en empruntant un certain chemin ou en se déplaçant sur une certaine surface.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : go back on a route/surface (We went back on the same road.)

Synonymes : return

Expressions courantes : go back on foot, go back on horseback

trahir, abandonner

Cesser d’être fidèle à quelqu’un qui vous faisait confiance.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : go back on someone (He would never go back on his friends.)

Synonymes : betray, desert

Expressions courantes : go back on someone, go back on friends