verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
renege on a pledge formal (= not keep it )
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The government reneged on its electoral pledges.
renege on a promise formal (= break it )
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It is tempting for the government to renege on its promise.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
on
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The suit further alleges that the sheik reneged on repeated oral pledges to provide for her long-term care.
■ NOUN
agreement
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The gaolers of Holovich reneged on the agreement , the exchange will not take place.
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They now feel that the Foundation has reneged on that agreement .
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They had been bitten too often by Congress reneging on agreements negotiated in good faith by the White House.
deal
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The chiefs renege on the deal and she is stabbed as she tries to entice Odoff herself.
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As the developer lurched toward bankruptcy, Prudential tried to renege on the deal .
promise
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Any pause in progress towards the objective is a matter of reneging on electoral promises .
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Amid an increasingly hostile war of words, Finley has criticized Racicot for reneging on a promise to cooperate with federal authorities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An early government commitment to keep conscripts away from frontline fighting was swiftly reneged upon last year.
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As a result, he wanted to renege on his binding letter of intent, which he signed.
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As the developer lurched toward bankruptcy, Prudential tried to renege on the deal.
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At the same time, Landau persuaded the Boss to renege on statements that he never would play arenas or stadiums.
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Lewis was perfectly correct, even politically correct, to insist that Bowe had reneged on a pledge to fight him first.
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The agency says it relied on a government commitment to provide liquidity, but the government reneged.
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The House of Lords ruled that the mutual insurer was wrong to renege on guarantees offered to about 90,000 pension policyholders.