hang back
Example Sentences
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The Familiar will know whether to run up or to hang back.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Whether donning a tracksuit to join a fun-run along Windhoek's Independence Avenue, or insisting his driver hang back from official motorcades, he aimed to be a man of the people.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025
She knows when to hang back and when to attack.
From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2023
Hammer staffers will lay them out and either discuss the works with guests or hang back and let visitors connect privately with the art.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2023
Syracuse and, surprisingly, mighty Cornell— the Big Red hope of the East—continued to hang back with Washington, perhaps playing their game.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
