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 MosesExamples of hang around in a Sentence
if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him
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Clouds will hang around most of the evening, and the low will be around 57 along with calm overnight winds.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Then more came Then a few just hung around for a chat at my seat.
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Seeing them in that painting and then recognizing them hung around the room radiates joy to visitors of all ages.
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Technically, the Giants hung around the wild-card race for most of the summer, but there’s no way a franchise can recover from that kind of cosmic pantsing.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
Then more came Then a few just hung around for a chat at my seat.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 18 Apr. 2025
Seeing them in that painting and then recognizing them hung around the room radiates joy to visitors of all ages.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Technically, the Giants hung around the wild-card race for most of the summer, but there’s no way a franchise can recover from that kind of cosmic pantsing.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hang around
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“Hang around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20around. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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