HUNG AROUND Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

hung around

verb

past tense of hang around

as in remained

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 hung around Some of these teams are already in a hole too deep to get out of, but the Diamondbacks have hung around just enough. —

Zack Meisel, New York Times, 12 May 2026 And the early foul trouble in Game 2 created shades of Games 2 and 3 against the Hawks, where Atlanta hung around just long enough to pull away with one-point victories to take a 2-1 series lead before the Knicks outscored them by nearly 100 points over their final three games. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 May 2026 After one training session, Mura and five or six of his U20 teammates hung around and volunteered to line up as a wall for Messi, who was practicing free kicks. —

Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026 Hassan Campbell, who had hung around Zulu Nation, and had seen Bambaataa as a father figure, followed with his own allegations, as did others. —

Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 Turner recommends reflective tape or holographic deterrents hung around garden perimeters. —

Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026 Mainly behind Harper and Scheierman, Boston’s reserves hung around early, falling behind by double digits midway into the second quarter and then rallying behind a 3-point shooting barrage (9 of 16) in the third quarter to outscore the Magic 42-20 in the period and open a 94-81 lead. —

ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026 The finishing touch was a delicate silver chain that hung around her waist with a dainty charm on one side. —

Meg Walters, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026 Dyson is trying something new with its first-ever portable fan, designed to be held by hand, placed on a desk, or hung around your neck. —

James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026

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The bulk of the fans who remained after Detroit’s blowout Game 7 loss at Little Caesars Arena were there for the Cleveland Cavaliers after being bussed in by owner Dan Gilbert.

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 18 May 2026
Gone was the meek servant child, replaced by a confident woman who remained composed during aggressive cross-examination.

— Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026