| 单词 | to hang on someone's rear |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hang on (also upon) someone's rear c. to hang on (also upon) someone's rear: to follow closely, in order to attack when the opportunity arises. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [verb (intransitive)] > other manoeuvres shog1650 to hang on (also upon) someone's rear1667 incline1676 debouch1760 feint1854 leap-frog1920 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 78 When the fierce Foe hung on our brok'n Rear Insulting. View more context for this quotation 1692 T. Fletcher Poems Several Occasions 99 The prevailing Trojans there pursue The flying Greeks; the Trojans flying here, And fierce Achilles hanging on the Rear. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1817) I. iii. 209 A body of the enemy hung upon their rear. 1787 J. Barlow Vision of Columbus iii. 118 Sudden, the savage bands collect amain, Hang on the rear and sweep them o'er the plain. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ix, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 212 In case he should come to action.., he might be placed between two fires by this third army, which, at a secure distance, was to hang upon his rear. 1884 Graphic 6 Aug. 159/1 A Lancashire army of quite as great dimensions would be able to hang on his rear. 1914 Times 16 Nov. 10/4 All that day and the next the Sixth Division, which had relieved the Cavalry at Klip Drift, hung upon his rear. < as lemmas |
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