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To fail to keep; to renege on; as, to go back on one's promises.
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On Sunday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would not go back on its nuclear programme. -- BBC News
Submitted on August 21, 2012
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- run off with
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- sneak up on
- stand for
- take after
- take on
- zip up
- above board
- at last
- beauty sleep
- bent on
- bread and butter
- brush up
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- center field
- chow down
- come to terms
- cut of one's jib
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- down-to-earth
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- have truck with
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- in touch
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- keep a close watch on
- keep an eye peeled
- middle of the road
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