hang back

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hang back

(from someone or something) to lag back behind someone or something; to stay back from someone or something, perhaps in avoidance. Why are you hanging back from the rest of the group? Come on! Don't hang back!

See also: back, hang

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Never did he hang back when she sat down, extended her welcoming hands to him, and invited: "Come on, Sing Song Silly. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context His life is forfeit already; he would boggle at naething; and maybe, if a tenant-body was to hang back he would get a dirk in his wame. Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context From this one poor hunt, then, the best lance out of all Nantucket, surely he will not hang back, when every foremast-hand has clutched a whetstone? Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context			hand over hand hand over the baton hand over the reins hand to hand up handbasket handed handful handle handle with kid gloves handling hands are tied hands down Hands off! Hands up! Handsome is as handsome does handwriting hang hang a few on hang a huey hang a left hang a louie hang a ralph hang a right hang around hang back hang behind hang by hang by a hair hang by a thread hang by the neck hang down hang fire hang five hang for hang from hang hat hang hat on hang head hang in effigy hang in the balance Hang in there Hang it all! hang it up hang loose Hang loose! hang off hang on Hang on a mo hang on every word hang on for dear life			hang Hang 'Em High Hang (disambiguation) Hang (disambiguation) Hang (disambiguation) hang (one's) hat hang (one's) hat hang (one's) hat hang a few on hang a huey hang a left hang a left hang a left hang a left hang a louie hang a ralph hang a right hang a right hang a right hang a right hang a shingle hang about hang about hang about hang about or around hang around hang around hang around hang around hang around someone or something hang back hang behind hang behind hang by hang by a hair hang by a hair hang by a thread hang by a thread hang by the neck hang down hang down hang fire hang fire hang fire hang fire hang five hang for Hang for murder Hang for murder Hang for murder hang from hang glide hang glider hang glider hang glider Hang Glider Manufacturers Association Hang gliders Hang gliders hang gliding hang gliding Hang Gliding Federation of Australia

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