HANG BACK


Meaning of HANG BACK in English

1.

If you hang back , you move or stay slightly behind a person or group, usually because you are nervous about something.

I saw him step forward momentarily but then hang back, nervously massaging his hands.

PHRASAL VERB : V P

2.

If a person or organization hangs back , they do not do something immediately.

They will then hang back on closing the deal...

Even his closest advisers believe he should hang back no longer.

PHRASAL VERB : V P on n , V P

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