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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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- potter about
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- square up
- stick around
- straighten out
- take off
- take on
- taper off
- a little bird told me
- all that jazz
- be my guest
- big cheese
- burst someone's bubble
- catch-as-catch-can
- eat one's hat
- fair and square
- for goodness' sake
- fresh legs
- from time to time
- gear up
- get into trouble
- get one's act together
- get somebody's goat
- go out on a limb
- go up in smoke
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- grain of salt
- green light
- grunt work
- half-baked
- have a blast
- honest-to-goodness
- in light of
- in the hot seat
- kindred soul
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