hang behind

verb

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Then he would hang behind on our way home, evidently greatly distressed at his ignorance.

By this time he was decidedly in a fidget, and began to hang behind.

Jessup passed the blue ribbon round his neck, letting the cross hang behind.

You must clap on all sail, on the prizes; and I shall hang behind a bit, and tackle the gunboats.

But the devil's in that fellow; every inn we stop at, he will always hang behind, chattering to the bar-maid, or chamber-maid.

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