'hang back' definitions:
Definition of 'hang back'
(from WordNet)
verb
To lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" [syn: drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back]
Synonyms of 'hang back'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avoid,
- back down,
- balance,
- be dilatory,
- blench,
- blink,
- boggle,
- cringe,
- dawdle,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- dodge,
- drag,
- draw back,
- duck,
- evade,
- fade,
- fall back,
- fall behind,
- falter,
- fear,
- fight shy of,
- filibuster,
- flinch,
- gain time,
- get behind,
- hang,
- hang fire,
- hang off,
- have qualms,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hold off,
- hover,
- hum and haw,
- jib,
- lag,
- linger,
- linger behind,
- loiter,
- make bones about,
- make time,
- pause,
- play for time,
- ponder,
- procrastinate,
- pull back,
- quail,
- recoil,
- reel back,
- retreat,
- scruple,
- sheer off,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shy,
- shy at,
- sidestep,
- stall,
- stall for time,
- stall off,
- start aside,
- start back,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stooge around,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- straggle,
- strain,
- strain at,
- swerve,
- talk against time,
- temporize,
- think twice about,
- trail,
- trail behind,
- turn aside,
- waver,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- yield