hang back

The two groups still hung back, looking at each other.

All the better to hang back and study his work's effect.

She could have read his mind any time during their relationship, but something always made her hang back.

As the rest of the students got up to leave, he asked her to hang back.

There was a third person with them, but he hung back.

At least one of them is supposed to hang back.

This time there was no hanging back on his part.

Will, as always, hung back to stand by the door.

"Should some of us hang back and keep an eye out for him?"

The other two did not press the attack, but hung back for a moment.

I would have hung back but he still had me by the arm.

He would have to be sure to hang back when the attack began.

I had never learned how to hang back from what it was up to me to do.

Trip, however, hung back a little to stay by his friend.

I hung back and watched to see what was going to happen.

He hung back a little when they arrived at the school.

He let himself be led by the other, hanging back only slightly.

Yet now that the opportunity was upon him, he found himself hanging back.

I'll hang back so I de keep him from speaking to you.

I made him leave, but he hung back, did not run fast enough.

And she hung back, in order to let him be the first to enter the house.

But Katie hung back and had a word with me.

He turned around and noticed that she was hanging back.

Gary hung back in the door, trying to look small.

There was another, but he hung back at some distance.