hang behind

verb

1. intr, adverb to remain in a place after others have left; linger

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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