hang back
— phrasal verb with hang uk/hæŋ/us/hæŋ/verb
to be slow to do something, often because of fear or having no confidence:
There's no need to hang back - you can sing as well as anyone.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hesitating
- dilly-dally
- dither
- falter
- foot
- halting
- hang
- have a foot in both camps idiom
- haw
- hem
- hem and haw idiom
- hesitant
- hesitate
- hesitation
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- pussyfoot
- shilly-shally
- sit
- sit on the fence idiom