Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: hang back  hang bak
  1. To lag or linger behind
    "But in so many other areas we still are hanging back";
    - drag, trail, get behind, drop behind, drop back

Derived forms: hanging back, hung back, hangs back

Type of: dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag