hang back
84 synonyms found
- avoid
- back down
- balance
- be dilatory
- blench
- blink
- boggle
- cringe
- dawdle
- debate
- deliberate
- demur
- dodge
- drag
- draw back
- duck
- evade
- fade
- fall back
- fall behind
- falter
- fear
- fight shy of
- filibuster
- flinch
- gain time
- get behind
- hang
- hang fire
- hang off
- have qualms
- hem and haw
- hesitate
- hold off
- hover
- hum and haw
- jib
- lag
- linger
- linger behind
- loiter
- make bones about
- make time
- play for time
- ponder
- procrastinate
- pull back
- quail
- recoil
- reel back
- retreat
- scruple
- sheer off
- shilly-shally
- shrink
- shrink back
- shy
- shy at
- sidestep
- stall
- stall for time
- stall off
- start aside
- start back
- stick at
- stickle
- stooge around
- stop to consider
- straddle the fence
- straggle
- strain at
- swerve
- talk against time
- temporize
- think twice about
- trail
- trail behind
- turn aside
- waver
- weasel
- weasel out
- wince
- withdraw
- yield