What is another word for hang back?
Pronunciation:
[ hˈaŋ bˈak], [ hˈaŋ bˈak], [ h_ˈa_ŋ b_ˈa_k]
Synonyms for Hang back:
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n.
• drop behind • get behind -
v.
• crawl- dragged along ,
- dragged oneself along ,
- dragging along ,
- dragging oneself along ,
- drags along ,
- drags oneself along ,
- go all fours ,
- go belly ,
- go fours ,
- go on fours ,
- goes all fours ,
- goes belly ,
- goes fours ,
- goes on all fours ,
- goes on belly ,
- goes on fours ,
- going all fours ,
- going belly ,
- going fours ,
- going on all fours ,
- going on belly ,
- going on fours ,
- loitered along ,
- loitering along ,
- loiters along ,
- lollygagged ,
- move at snail pace ,
- move at snails pace ,
- move hands and knees ,
- move hands knees ,
- move on hands knees ,
- move snail pace ,
- move snail's pace ,
- move snails pace ,
- moved at snail pace ,
- moved at snail's pace ,
- moved at snails pace ,
- moved hands and knees ,
- moved hands knees ,
- moved on hands and knees ,
- moved on hands knees ,
- moved snail pace ,
- moved snail's pace ,
- moved snails pace ,
- moves at snail pace ,
- moves at snail's pace ,
- moves at snails pace ,
- moves hands and knees ,
- moves hands knees ,
- moves on hands and knees ,
- moves on hands knees ,
- moves snail pace ,
- moves snail's pace ,
- moves snails pace ,
- moving at snail pace ,
- moving at snail's pace ,
- moving at snails pace ,
- moving hands and knees ,
- moving hands knees ,
- moving on hands and knees ,
- moving on hands knees ,
- moving snail pace ,
- moving snail's pace ,
- moving snails pace ,
- pulled along ,
- pulled oneself along ,
- pulling along ,
- pulling oneself along ,
- pulls along ,
- pulls oneself along ,
- went all fours ,
- went belly ,
- went fours ,
- went on all fours ,
- went on belly ,
- went on fours .
- am behind ,
- are behind ,
- art behind ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- gat no place fast ,
- gets no place fast ,
- getting no place fast ,
- got no place fast ,
- gotten no place fast ,
- inched along ,
- inches along ,
- inching along ,
- is behind ,
- loses strength ,
- losing strength ,
- lost strength ,
- slowing up ,
- slows up ,
- was behind ,
- wast behind ,
- were behind ,
- wert behind .
- re cedes ,
- re ceding ,
- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re tire ,
- re tired ,
- re tires ,
- re tiring ,
- re treating ,
- re treats ,
- re-cede ,
- re-ceded ,
- re-cedes ,
- re-ceding ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused ,
- re-tire ,
- re-tiring ,
- re-treat ,
- re-treated ,
- re-treating ,
- re-treats ,
- with draw ,
- with drawing ,
- with drawn ,
- with draws ,
- with drew ,
- with-draw ,
- with-drawing ,
- with-drawn ,
- with-drew .
- be dog ,
- be dogged ,
- be dogging ,
- be dogs ,
- be-dog ,
- be-dogged ,
- be-dogging ,
- be-dogs ,
- bedogged ,
- bedogging ,
- bedogs ,
- bring rear ,
- bring the rear ,
- bring up rear ,
- bringing rear ,
- bringing the rear ,
- brings rear ,
- brings the rear ,
- brings up rear ,
- brings up the rear ,
- brought rear ,
- brought the rear ,
- brought up rear ,
- dropped back ,
- dropping back ,
- drops back ,
- dropt back ,
- ex tend ,
- ex tended ,
- ex tending ,
- ex tends ,
- ex-tend ,
- ex-tended ,
- ex-tending ,
- ex-tends ,
- falls behind ,
- fell behind ,
- follow scent ,
- followed a scent ,
- followed scent ,
- following a scent ,
- following scent ,
- follows a scent ,
- follows scent ,
- hanged down ,
- hangs down ,
- hung down ,
- nosed out ,
- noses out ,
- nosing out ,
- poked along ,
- pokes along ,
- poking along ,
- spoored ,
- tagged along ,
- tagging along ,
- tags along ,
- takes out after ,
- taking out after ,
- took out after .
Other synonyms:
- stall .
Other relevant words:
- Flinched ,
- Idled ,
- Inched ,
- Inching ,
- Jellying ,
- Limped ,
- Loitered ,
- Sauntered ,
- Scrabbled ,
- Scrabbling ,
- Slank ,
- Trailed ,
- WORMS ,
- Wormed ,
- Worming ,
- be behind ,
- bedog ,
- being behind ,
- bring up the rear ,
- bringing up rear ,
- bringing up the rear ,
- brought up the rear ,
- crawl ,
- drag along ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- drag oneself along ,
- drop back ,
- fall back ,
- fall behind ,
- falling behind ,
- follow a scent ,
- get no place fast ,
- go on all fours ,
- go on belly ,
- grovelling ,
- hang ,
- hang down ,
- hanging down ,
- hesitate ,
- idles ,
- idling ,
- inch along ,
- jellied ,
- lag ,
- loiter along ,
- lollygag ,
- lollygagging ,
- lollygags ,
- lose strength ,
- move at snail's pace ,
- move on hands and knees ,
- nose out ,
- poke ,
- poke along ,
- pull along ,
- pull oneself along ,
- scrabble ,
- scrabbles ,
- shag ,
- shagged ,
- shagging ,
- shags ,
- shrink ,
- shrinking ,
- slinks ,
- slow up ,
- slowed up ,
- spooring ,
- tag along ,
- take out after ,
- tooled ,
- tooling ,
- trail ,
- worm ,
- writhing .
- Floundered ,
- Hesitated ,
- Stammered ,
- be irresolute ,
- be reluctant ,
- be unwilling ,
- dithered ,
- dithering ,
- hold off ,
- pull back ,
- pulled back ,
- pulling back ,
- pulls back ,
- pussyfoot ,
- scruple ,
- shy away ,
- sit on fence ,
- stutter ,
- think about ,
- think twice ,
- thinking about ,
- thinking twice ,
- thinks about ,
- thought about .
- Haver ,
- Shilly-shally ,
- Strain at ,
- avoid ,
- back down ,
- balance ,
- balk ,
- be dilatory ,
- be patient ,
- bide one's time ,
- bide time ,
- blench ,
- blink ,
- block ,
- boggle ,
- boggle at ,
- cringe ,
- dally ,
- dawdle ,
- debate ,
- delay ,
- deliberate ,
- demur ,
- dilly-dally ,
- dodge ,
- drag ,
- draw back ,
- duck ,
- evade ,
- fade ,
- falter ,
- fear ,
- fight shy of ,
- filibuster ,
- flinch ,
- follow ,
- gain time ,
- hang fire ,
- hang in suspense ,
- hang off ,
- hang on ,
- have qualms ,
- hem and haw ,
- hold back ,
- hold horses ,
- hover ,
- hum and haw ,
- jib ,
- lag behind ,
- make bones about ,
- make time ,
- mark time ,
- obstruct ,
- pause ,
- play for time ,
- ponder ,
- procrastinate ,
- quail ,
- recoil ,
- reel ,
- reel back ,
- retreat ,
- sheer off ,
- shrink back ,
- shrink from ,
- shy ,
- shy at ,
- sidestep ,
- sit ,
- sit tight ,
- stall for time ,
- start ,
- start back ,
- stay away ,
- stay back ,
- stick ,
- stick at ,
- stickle ,
- stop to consider ,
- straddle the fence ,
- straggle ,
- strain ,
- swerve ,
- tarry ,
- temporize ,
- think twice about ,
- trail behind ,
- turn aside ,
- vacillate ,
- wait ,
- waver ,
- weasel ,
- weasel out ,
- wince ,
- withdraw ,
- yield .
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How to use "Hang back" in context?
When riding a bike, it is important to stay "hang back." This means that when you are descending, you should stay slightly behind the bike in front of you, giving it room to maneuver. This allows you to stay in control of the bike and avoid potential accidents. Additionally, when you are climbing, you should stay slightly in front of the bike in back of you in order to provide more V-power to help the bike push up the hill.
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