HANG BACK

Meaning of HANG BACK in English

[hang back] vi (1581) 1: to drag behind others

2: to be reluctant

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

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 — 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. To stay some distance behind or away, be unwilling to move forward. Mary offered the little girl candy, but …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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
BACK
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

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