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单词 hung back
释义

hang back

verb

hung back; hanging back; hangs back

intransitive verb

1
: to drag behind others
2
: to be reluctant

Synonyms

  • balance
  • dither
  • falter
  • halt
  • hesitate
  • scruple
  • shilly-shally
  • stagger
  • teeter
  • vacillate
  • waver
  • wobble
  • wabble
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Example Sentences

even though the young mother wanted the job, she still hung back because she wasn't sure if she should spend time away from her family

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1

hung back

verb

past tense of hang back
as in hesitated
to show uncertainty about the right course of action she hung back in offering her opinion about her daughter's career choices because it wasn't her business

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • hesitated
  • faltered
  • wabbled
  • scrupled
  • waited
  • debated
  • balanced
  • staggered
  • halted
  • vacillated
  • dithered
  • wavered
  • backed down
  • paused
  • shilly-shallied
  • wobbled
  • swayed
  • teetered
  • delayed
  • lingered
  • hemmed
  • pondered
  • procrastinated
  • dawdled
  • chickened (out)
  • hawed
  • pussyfooted
  • deliberated
  • weighed
  • considered
  • waffled
  • equivocated
  • oscillated
  • hedged
  • dallied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • plunged (in)
  • dived (in)
  • dove (in)
  • decided
  • continued
  • stirred
  • advanced
  • budged
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