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went 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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Since the Amtrak cards weren’t a good fit, my son went back to the drawing board and looked exclusively at student cards.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

After three tours of duty in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, he went back to Afghanistan as a contractor on the security detail for a U.S. ambassador.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The meal wasn’t as good as the pizza I had for just a handful of euros, and I went back to the pizzeria, hungry for more.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

But they went back in to see and it was a cancerous tumor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

I suppose they’d come out to the crick together, and they went back together.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck