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Definition of 'hang back'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
to lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

Translation of 'hang back'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to hesitate or be unwilling The soldiers all hung back when the sergeant asked for volunteers.
Afrikaans: aarsel	Arabic: يَتَرَدَّد	Bulgarian: колебая се
Brazilian: recuar	Czech: držet se zpátky	German: zögern
Danish: tøve; holde sig tilbage	Greek: διστάζω	Spanish: vacilar
Estonian: vastu puiklema	Farsi: پا پس کشیدن	Finnish: epäröidä
French: hésiter	Hebrew: לְהַסֵס	Hindi: झिझकना
Croatian: oklijevati, prezati pred	Hungarian: habozik	Indonesian: ragu-ragu
Icelandic: hika, vera tregur til	Italian: esitare, tirarsi indietro	Japanese: しり込みする
Korean: 주저하다	Lithuanian: spyriotis, nerodyti noro	Latvian: šaubīties; vilcināties
Malay: teragak-agak	Dutch: terugdeinzen, aarzelen	Norwegian: nøle, betenke seg
Polish: ociągać się	Persian: پا پس کشیدن	Pashto: زړه نازړه كيدل ، متردد كې
Portuguese: recuar	Romanian: a daînapoi	Russian: робеть, не решаться
Slovak: váhať, otáľať	Slovenian: obotavljati se	Serbian: ustezati se
Swedish: dra sig för ngt, tveka	Thai: ลังเล	Turkish: tereddüt etmek, geri durm
Taiwanese: 猶豫，不情願	Ukrainian: не наважуватися	Urdu: جھجھکنا
Vietnamese: do dự	Chinese: 犹豫，退缩
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