āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
hang back
/hËaÅ bËak/
to hang back
[phrase form: hang]
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to delay leaving or staying in a place after everyone else has departed
Intransitive: to hang back | to hang back somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The hikers were tired but wanted to hang back a bit longer to enjoy the sunset.
āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to hesitate to do or say something, often due to uncertainty or shyness
Intransitive: to hang back | to hang back from sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The opportunity to speak with the CEO was there, but he hung back and missed the chance to network.
CEO-āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
