hang back

Verb

Meaning

to lag or linger behind

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

drag trail drop back dally tarry retard dawdle balance delay wait pause lag stall recoil hesitate
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Antonyms

advance decide go expedite get ahead take the plunge
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Hypernyms

dawdle lag fall back fall behind

Examples

I will not hang back here in Alicante while Magnus is in danger. Go without me, and you disrespect our parabatai oaths, you disrespect me as a shadowhunter, and you disrespect the fact that this is my battle too. Cassandra Clare

Knowing what I know of love, I hang back because I don't like to lie to myself. Anne Parillaud

There are times when it's absolutely appropriate to march up to someone, stick out your hand and introduce yourself, and times when it's best to let your male cameraman or producer do the talking and hang back until you've felt out the situation. Clarissa Ward

You can either take action, or you can hang back and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great, but they are so unpredictable. Peter Drucker

If I'm in a social situation sometimes I'll hang back and observe people but I feel very much a part of things most of the time and feel very comfortable socializing and have for most of my life. Tobey Maguire

But in so many other areas we still are dragging Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hang an arse hang around hang around at hang behind hang by a hair hang by a thread