HANG BACK

Meaning of HANG BACK in English

1. To stay some distance behind or away, be unwilling to move forward. Mary offered the little girl candy, but she was shy and hung back. 2. To hesitate or be unwilling to do something. Lou wanted Fred to join the club, but Fred hung off.

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HANG BACK — intransitive verb Date: 1581 to drag behind others, to be reluctant
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HANG BACK — intransitive verb 1. a. : to drag behind others a small child following the older children but hanging back a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG BACK — be reluctant to proceed, hesitate; drag or fall behind others who are proceeding
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HANG BACK — Date: 1581 1. : to drag behind others 2. : to be reluctant
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANG BACK — Function: intransitive verb Date: 1581 1 : to drag behind others 2 : to be reluctant
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HANG BACK — remain behind. ↘show reluctance to act or move. → hang
Concise Oxford English vocab
HANG BACK — [hang back] vi (1581) 1: to drag behind others 2: to be reluctant
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HANG BACK — to remain in a place after all the other people have left
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG BACK — hang back phrasal verb ( see also ↑ hang ) 1 . to stay a short distance away from someone …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANG BACK — 1. If you hang back , you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG BACK — 1. If you ~, you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are nervous about …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HANG BACK — Synonyms and related words : avoid, back down, balance, be dilatory, blench, blink, boggle, cringe, dawdle, debate, deliberate, demur, dodge, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG BACK — = hang behind
Slang English vocab
HANG BACK — Demur, hesitate, be backward, be reluctant.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
HANG BACK — v. ( D ; intr. ) to ~ from (to ~ from giving information)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
HANG BACK — stay some distance behind or away, hesitate or be unwilling to do something He lacks self-confidence and always hangs back …
English Idioms vocab
HANG BACK — 1) пятиться; упираться Jane is afraid of people, she always hangs back when we take her to a party. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANG BACK — Упираться
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HANG BACK — phr v 1. 1> не иметь желания ( делать что-л. , двигаться вперёд ); отлынивать 2> не решаться, робеть the …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HANG BACK — пятиться; упираться; не решаться, робеть; отставать
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HANG BACK — phr v 1. 1) не иметь желания ( делать что-л. , двигаться вперёд ); отлынивать 2) не решаться, робеть the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HANG BACK — phr v 1. 1> не иметь желания ( делать что-л. , двигаться вперёд ); отлынивать 2> не решаться, робеть the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HANG BACK — не решаться, робеть, отставать, пятиться, упираться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HANG BACK — не решаться, робеть, отставать, пятиться, упираться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HANG BACK — фраз. гл. 1) пятиться; упираться Jane is afraid of people, she always hangs back when we take her to a …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HANG BACK — фраз. гл. 1) пятиться; упираться Jane is afraid of people, she always hangs back when we take her to a party. — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HANG BACK — а> пятиться; упираться Jane is afraid of people, she always hangs back when we take her to a party. б> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HANG BACK — а. пятиться; упираться Jane is afraid of people, she always hangs back when we take her to a party. б. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HANG BACK — пятиться; упираться; не решаться, робеть; отставать
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HANG BACK — Колебаться
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HANG BACK — Завилять
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HANG BACK — Жаться
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HANG BACK — Дрогнуть
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
HANG BACK — 1) отставать 2) итти сзади
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
HANG BACK — упираться
English-Russian Online Dictionary
HANG BACK — 1) отставать 2) итти сзади
Англо-Русский морской словарь
HANG BACK — 1) пятиться; упираться Jane is afraid of people, she always hangs back when we take her to a party. ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ, ˈhaiŋ sometimes ˈheŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ; hung also hanged ; hanging ; hangs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or …
Английский словарь Webster
HANG — — hangable , adj. — hangability , n. /hang/ , v. , hung or ( esp. for 4, 5, 20, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ˈhaŋd ; hang·ing ˈhaŋ-iŋ) Etymology: partly from Middle English hon, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANG — noun a sharp or steep declivity or slope. 2. hang ·vi to slope down; as, hanging grounds. 3. hang ·vi …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
HANG — [hang] vb hung also hanged ; hang.ing [partly fr. ME hon, fr. OE hon, v.t.; partly fr. ME hangen, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HANG — / hæŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hung , hung / hʌŋ; NAmE / HELP NOTE : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — I. hang 1 S1 W2 /hæŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle hung /hʌŋ/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BACK
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HANG — v. & n. v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BACK
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1. tr. a secure or cause to …
Oxford English vocab
BACK
Oxford English vocab
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — ( hangs, hanging, hung, hanged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hanging basket (= for putting plants in and hanging outside ) ▪ All …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HANG — Synonyms and related words : act in concert, adhere, all depend, and quarter, art, aspire, associate with, attach, bag, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HANG — See: GO HANG, GIVE A HANG or CARE A HANG, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, LEAVE …
Slang English vocab
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
HANG — n. hang on hang upon hang around hang loose hang out hang up well hung
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab

American Idioms English vocabulary

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