hang around
verb
hung around; hanging around; hangs around
1
intransitive,
informal
a
: to pass time idly or in relaxing or socializing
spent the day just hanging around with her friends
b
: to stay in or at a place for a period of time
had to hang around for over an hour, waiting for the bus
She didn't feel like hanging around at the club afterward …—
David Calder
David Calder2
transitive
informal
: to pass time or stay in or at (a place) or in the company of (someone)
hung around the house all day
My mother doesn't want me hanging around the park alone.—Judy Blume
Judy BlumeWhen he was 10 years old, Lester taught him-self to windsurf by hanging around the Europeans and Canadian tourists who rented boards on the beach at Varadero.—Sam Moses
Sam Moses
Examples of hang around in a Sentence
if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him
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The houses are hanging around the walls waiting for the smell of fresh paint to leave them before the prospective tenants will even look them over.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Reid took copious amounts of notes and was a good listener, and his mix of self-effacement and football curiosity made him someone Holmgren, who was a decade older, liked hanging around.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
But don’t look for the college freshman to be hanging around the White House any time soon.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
Still, Coventry hung around and Nicol answered a 3 by Eric Jordan with his own 3-pointer to put the Knights up 42-39.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
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Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Reid took copious amounts of notes and was a good listener, and his mix of self-effacement and football curiosity made him someone Holmgren, who was a decade older, liked hanging around.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
But don’t look for the college freshman to be hanging around the White House any time soon.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 19 Jan. 2025
Still, Coventry hung around and Nicol answered a 3 by Eric Jordan with his own 3-pointer to put the Knights up 42-39.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Hang around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20around. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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