as in to remain
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him
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Recent Examples of hang around
Outside scenes meant hanging around in the tropical sun for hours, and toward the end of the project a lot of the crew fell ill.
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Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Clearly, City, top of the table with games in hand on all their rivals, don’t plan to hang around in this division.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
That could mean TikTok hangs around for a bit longer.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
Despite leading by as many as 23 in the second half, UCLA enable Penn State to hang around and claw its way back to a single-digit deficit, the Lions outscoring UCLA 16-12 early in the fourth quarter and cutting the lead to seven points.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Clearly, City, top of the table with games in hand on all their rivals, don’t plan to hang around in this division.
—Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
That could mean TikTok hangs around for a bit longer.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
Despite leading by as many as 23 in the second half, UCLA enable Penn State to hang around and claw its way back to a single-digit deficit, the Lions outscoring UCLA 16-12 early in the fourth quarter and cutting the lead to seven points.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang around
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Kiké Hernández, the longtime Dodgers fan favorite who reprised his utility role last season and succinctly and memorably summarized the title-winning team’s fortitude, remains a free agent.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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Peak performance at the Olympics Tanaka analyzed Olympic data starting with the first modern Games in 1896, and he’s found the peak-performance age for men has remained stable — between 20-30 — depending on the discipline.—
Stephen Wade,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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The predictive model of the Colliers Index shows the market staying relatively level over the next year, taking a step up in mid-2025 and leveling out until at least 2026.—
Molly Davis,
The Tennessean,
3 Feb. 2025
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Our mission was to level the playing field for the rest of (the) industry which has stayed more traditional to date.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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Between 2023 and 2024, a severe drought aggravated by climate change lowered the level of lakes feeding the canal, forcing its administrator to restrict transits and vessel draft, which increased costs and waiting times.—
Sarah Morland and Marianna Parraga,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Due to the tidal conditions of the area, the team had to wait for a suitable window of time to carry out their work.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Warmer than normal air will stick around through the weekend for much of the mid-Atlantic, but colder air will arrive next week for the Northeast and start to cool off the rest of the Eastern Seaboard, too.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Prairie Grove School Board wants Superintendent Lance Campbell to stick around a while.—
Lynn Kutter,
arkansasonline.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Hang around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20around. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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