hang+back
11hang back — verb to lag or linger behind (Freq. 1) But in so many other areas we still are dragging • Syn: ↑drag, ↑trail, ↑get behind, ↑drop behind, ↑drop back • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
12hang back — remain behind. ↘show reluctance to act or move. → hang …
13hang back — stay some distance behind or away, hesitate or be unwilling to do something He lacks self confidence and always hangs back when his boss asks for volunteers …
14hang back — to wait before doing something. We opened our office at a time when other businesses hung back because of bad economic conditions …
15To hang back — Hang Hang, v. i. 1. To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay. [1913 Webster] 2. To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or… …
16hang back — intransitive verb Date: 1581 1. to drag behind others 2. to be reluctant …
17hang back — verb to wait, to not proceed …
18hang back — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hesitate, pull away, recoil; see avoid …
19hang back — be reluctant to proceed, hesitate; drag or fall behind others who are proceeding …
20hang back — Demur, hesitate, be backward, be reluctant …
