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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, hangs back, hung back

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

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