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Definition of Hang back
1. Verb. To lag or linger behind. "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
Generic synonyms: Dawdle, Fall Back, Fall Behind, Lag
Derivative terms: Trailer
Definition of Hang back
1. Verb. (informal) to wait, to not proceed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hang Back
Literary usage of Hang back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Thirteen Days, July 23-August 4, 1914: A Chronicle and Interpretation by William Archer (1915)
"... BRITAIN hang back TOO LONG ? ' Be stirring as the time ; be fire with fire ;
Threaten the threatener.'—SHAKESPEARE. ' Suaviter in modo : fortiter in re. ..."
2. Johannine Grammar by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1906)
"Would he now "hang back"? Even if he had done so, would the beloved ... "As the
disciple» hang back, 'Jesus cometh' and gives to them of 'the bread' and ..."
3. Traits and Travesties: Social and Political by Laurence Oliphant (1882)
"Orange Zee told me afterwards that the great art of buying and selling was to
appear as if you did not want to buy or sell, and always to seem to hang back. ..."
4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"They never hang back, you are habitual laggards : they love foreign service, you
cannot stir from home : for they are always under the belief that their ..."
5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1897)
"You must have observed while feeding cattle on corn daily for a long period that
instead of their coming briskly and commencing to feed, they will hang back ..."
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