"Go back on" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... wrote to me saying that he will be arriving on Earth on 24th August. I take it your letter says the same. I came on a dispatch boat; you can go back on it." ...
— The Lost Kafoozalum • Pauline Ashwell
... you see how it is? I can't possibly change my convictions. I can't go back on what I have told you without everybody, who doesn't understand the situation here, feeling that I have just come out here to make a grandstand play. I am right. I am ...
— The Story of The American Legion • George Seay Wheat
... he not give me the money! Do you suppose he means to go back on his word? Has he said anything to you ...
— The Hero of Hill House • Mable Hale
... to the political party opposed to Cullison. He had been backed by Cass Fendrick, a sheepman in feud with the cattle interests and in particular with the Circle C outfit. But he could not go back on his word. He and Maloney called together on the district attorney. An hour later ...
— Crooked Trails and Straight • William MacLeod Raine
... finding out that it was Mrs. Brown's Bob who was responsible for the whole affair, we have at last broken down Joe's inclination to act according to certain ideal standards. Joe has fallen in his own estimation beyond calculation. It is better to let Bob go "unpunished" than to make Joe go back on his principles. ...
— Your Child: Today and Tomorrow • Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg
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