Hang back - Crossword Clue

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Hang back.

3 letter answer(s) to hang back

LAG
  1. cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
  2. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
  3. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
  4. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
  5. the act of slowing down or falling behind
  6. the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
  7. throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins

6 letter answer(s) to hang back

REMAIN
  1. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
  2. continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
  3. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
  4. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

5 letter answer(s) to hang back

TARRY
  1. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
  2. having the characteristics of pitch or tar
  3. leave slowly and hesitantly

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