turn your back on something

turn (one's) back on (someone or something)

To ignore, disregard, or exclude someone or something; to abandon, give up on, or forsake someone or something. It's clear that the company has turned its back on customers. After becoming a successful writer, Jim turned his back on all the people he used to know back home.

See also: back, on, turn

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turn your back on something

COMMON If you turn your back on something, you reject it or stop being involved in it. He had turned his back on his Communist past and formed a completely new party. The organisation says that young people are increasingly turning their backs on marriage.

See also: back, on, something, turn

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

turn your ˈback on somebody/something

refuse to help or support somebody who needs it: She turned her back on her family when she became famous.

See also: back, on, somebody, something, turn

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