{"id":22507,"date":"2026-06-21T18:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/figurative-english-practice-go-back-on\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:14:46","slug":"figurative-english-practice-go-back-on","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/figurative-english-practice-go-back-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Figurative English Practice: \u201cGo back on\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Select the best interpretation of <strong>Go back on<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>looking for something<\/li>\n<li>to allow space or opportunity for something else<\/li>\n<li>to behave as if one is more important than others<\/li>\n<li>to break a promise or fail to keep one&#8217;s word<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22507","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Go back on<\/strong> means <strong>to break a promise or fail to keep one&#x27;s word<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe not doing what one promised earlier.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>He should not <strong>go back on<\/strong> his promise.<\/li><li>The captain refused to <strong>go back on<\/strong> his word.<\/li><li>If you agree to help, do not <strong>go back on<\/strong> it.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"looking for something"},{"right":"no","answer":"to allow space or opportunity for something else"},{"right":"no","answer":"to behave as if one is more important than others"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to break a promise or fail to keep one's word"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22507"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22507"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}