Usually means: Lag, delay in movement or progress.
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  1. hang behind: Merriam-Webster
  2. hang behind: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hang behind: Wiktionary
  4. hang behind: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hang behind: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (hang behind)

verb:  To linger or remain in a place after an event has completed and others have mostly departed.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hang, behind.

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