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Hang back

verb, slang

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  1. 1
    To wait; to falter; to avoid proceeding through reluctance. informal

    "From this one poor hunt, then, the best lance out of all Nantucket, surely he will not hang back, when every foremast-hand has clutched a whetstone?"

  2. 2
    to lag or linger behind wordnet

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