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Hanging back

Synonyms for "hanging back" (100 found)

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General use (79)

Name, noun, verb(11 words)

strain balance retreat delay trail balk waver reel hover quail wince

Verb(31 words)

drag trail avoid pull back turn aside evade get behind hold off procrastinate hesitate fall back back down draw back hem and haw temporize fall behind fight shy hum and haw think twice weasel out

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fight shy of shrink back lag behind start back trail behind drop back play for time drop behind stall for time talk against time stall off

Noun, verb(18 words)

yield withdraw stall debate scruple falter recoil boggle demur loiter dawdle straggle sidestep filibuster flinch blench hang fire gain time

Adj, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb(3 words)

fear tarry stickle

Name, verb(1 words)

sheer off shilly shally start aside shy at reel back stop to consider have qualms straddle the fence strain at think twice about make bones about linger behind be dilatory stooge around

Informal (21)

Noun, verb, slang(7 words)

drag hang swerve shrink blink jib weasel

Adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

fade lag shilly-shally

Intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(4 words)

get behind stick at hang off make time

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