hang back
Example Sentences
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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
With a piece like this, an outfit serves either to match its energy or hang back to let it shine.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023
She knows when to hang back and when to attack.
From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2023
When a new door opens, the mom’s reaction is usually to hang back.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022
Oft doth reason, enthroned in the pillowed seraglio of the brain, hang back; whereas the flesh, which must walk abroad in the streets, finds its own temerity.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
