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gone back on

gone back on is the past participle of go back on.

Meaning of go back on

Verb

go back on (third-person singular simple present goes back on, present participle going back on, simple past went back on, past participle gone back on)

  1. To be treacherous or faithless to; to betray.
    • to go back on friends
  2. To fail to keep; to renege on.
    • to go back on one's promises
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, back, go back, on.
    • He went back on the same path.

Questions about gone back on

What is gone back on the past participle of?
Gone back on is the past participle of go back on.

Words near gone back on in the dictionary

  1. gone away
  2. gone awry
  3. gone back
  4. gone back a long way
  5. gone back in time
  6. gone back on
  7. gone back to
  8. gone back to the drawing board
  9. gone back to the tools
  10. gone backwards
  11. gone bad

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