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1. phrasal verbIf you hang back, you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are nervous about something. I saw him step forward momentarily but then hang back, nervously massaging his hands. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verbIf a person or organization hangs back, they do not do something immediately. They will then hang back on closing the deal. [VERB PARTICLE + on] Even his closest advisers believe he should hang back no longer. [VERB PARTICLE] See full dictionary entry for hanghang back in British Englishverb(intr, adverb; often foll by from) to be reluctant to go forward or carry on (with some activity) hang back in American English or hang off to be reluctant to advance, as from timidity or shyness See full dictionary entry for hang Examples of 'hang back' in a sentencehang back Chinese translation of 'hang back' vi - (= hesitate)
踌(躊)躇不前 (chóuchú bù qián)
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- hang about
- hang around
- hang back
- hang down
- hang on
- hang onto
All related terms of 'hang back'Definition to be reluctant to do something His closest advisors believe he should hang back no longer. Synonyms be reluctant recoilbe backward Additional synonymsDefinition to show reluctance At first I demurred when he asked me to do it. Synonyms object, refuse, protest, doubt, dispute, pause, disagree, hesitate, waver, balk, take exception, cavilDefinition to be reluctant (to do something) I will not hesitate to take unpopular decisions. Synonyms be reluctant, be unwilling, shrink from, think twice, boggle, scruple, demur, hang back, be disinclined, balk or baulk She wanted to say something but held back. Synonyms desist, forbear, hesitate, stop yourself, restrain yourself, refrain from doing something - hang
- hang about or around
- hang around with someone
- hang back
- hang fire
- hang on
- hang on or upon something
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