hang back

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhang back phrasal verb1 to stay a short distance away from someone or something, and not go too near them Instinctively he hung back in the shelter of a rock.2 WILLINGto not say or do something because you are shy or afraid → hang→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushang back• Ambitious men will not wait and unscrupulous men will not hang back.• Faith steps forward; doubt hangs back.• We must all join in this - there is no room for anyone to hang back.• Anna was hanging back and trying to open her mouth.• I propel Rainbow towards her, but hang back myself, struggling to remember the proper formula for deflecting these desperate wanderers.• He came reluctantly, hanging back when I took his hand.• She was hanging back with him, pretending to be interested in some insect on a berry plant.• After that, I stuck to business, trying to hang back within myself.

单词	hang back
释义	hang back From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhang back phrasal verb1 to stay a short distance away from someone or something, and not go too near them Instinctively he hung back in the shelter of a rock.2 WILLINGto not say or do something because you are shy or afraid → hang→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushang back• Ambitious men will not wait and unscrupulous men will not hang back.• Faith steps forward; doubt hangs back.• We must all join in this - there is no room for anyone to hang back.• Anna was hanging back and trying to open her mouth.• I propel Rainbow towards her, but hang back myself, struggling to remember the proper formula for deflecting these desperate wanderers.• He came reluctantly, hanging back when I took his hand.• She was hanging back with him, pretending to be interested in some insect on a berry plant.• After that, I stuck to business, trying to hang back within myself.
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