going back

VERB

break promise; change one's mind

Synonyms

WEAK

abandon be unfaithful betray desert forsake leave in the lurch renege repudiate retract return revert run out on

Antonyms

WEAK

keep promise

VERB

break

Synonyms

STRONGEST

renege

WEAK

abandon be unfaithful betray change desert forsake repudiate retract return revert

Example Sentences

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In data going back to 2000, the only time that the tipping point arrived even earlier was in 2022, when it came on June 26.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

By some measures, the largest companies command the highest percentage of the U.S. stock market going back 100 years.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

Concerns about secretive central-bank deliberations had given fodder to Fed critics in Congress, particularly after Greenspan disclosed in 1993 the existence of near-verbatim transcripts of its policy meetings going back decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

"There is never any going back – when there is an opportunity to make more money, nobody ever says 'let's make less money'."

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

The boys followed, and I helped Auntie clear up before going back upstairs to my bedroom.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler