bir sözü tutamamak

Turkish - English

Definition of bir sözü tutamamak in Turkish English dictionary

(Dilbilim) go back on

To be treacherous or faithless to; betray; as, to go back on friends

To fail to keep; to renege on; as, to go back on one's promises

On Sunday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would not go back on its nuclear programme. -- BBC News.

To fail to honor or keep - "go back on a promise."

fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise"

betray one's trust, break a promise

If you go back on a promise or agreement, you do not do what you promised or agreed to do. The budget crisis has forced the President to go back on his word

Hyphenation

bir sö·zü tu·ta·ma·mak