hang an arse

verb

to hang back, to be afraid to advance.

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Meanings

verbhang an arse (third-person singular simple present hangs an arse, present participle hanging an arse, simple past and past participle hung an arse)

present singular third person hangs an arse · participle present hanging an arse · participle past hung an arse · past hung an arse

  1. archaicidiomaticslangto hang back, to be afraid to advance.

    For though in her he settles well his tarse, Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse.

    c. 1670, John Wilmot, A Satyr on Charles II
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