RENEGE
VERBS
► BAIL to leave, to depart, to go; to play truant; hence, to run out on, to renege on someone → 1977 US sl.
► COP OUT to avoid one’s responsibility; to renege, to back out → colloq.
► DOODLE to back out of an agreement → 1950 Amer. dial.
► EAT ONE’S BONNET to go back on one’s words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong → L18 sl.
► EAT ONE’S BOOTS to go back on one’s words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong → L18 sl.
► EAT ONE’S CAP to go back on one’s words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong → L18 sl.
► EAT ONE’S HAT to go back on one’s words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong → L18 sl.
► EAT ONE’S HEAD vb. to go back on one’s words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong → M19 sl.
► EAT ONE’S PANTS to go back on one’s words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong → L18 sl.
► EAT ONE’S SHIRT to go back on one’s words, esp. to admit that a public statement was, in fact, wrong → L18 sl.
► FADE to let down, to renege → 1990s US sl.
► FINK OUT to withdraw support; to renege → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► FLUNK to give in; to back down or renege in a cowardly manner → E19 US sl.
► GIP ► JIP to renege on one’s debts → 1880 Amer. colloq.
► JUMP SHIP to quit, to renege → 1930s US sl.
► MUCKLE OUT to renege, to back out → 1950 Amer. dial.
► NIG to renege on one’s debts → 1829 US sl.
► NIGGER OUT to back out, to renege on → 1900 US sl., offensive
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