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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The worse-than-blue has been hanging around for weeks, taunting me because tomorrow is my birthday.
—Susan Choi, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
The index has also been hanging around the same patch of the field, spending all of the past two weeks and much of the last seven months in the range travelled on a single day, Nov. 6, 2024.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Miranda hung around until closing time, when she was approached by a Canadian tourist named Mary.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 29 May 2025
Explore the Chikuzen, a Japanese fishing boat that drifted 12 miles north of Virgin Gorda—keep an eye out for the 600-pound goliath grouper that likes to hang around.
—AFAR Media, 23 May 2025
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Susan Choi, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
The index has also been hanging around the same patch of the field, spending all of the past two weeks and much of the last seven months in the range travelled on a single day, Nov. 6, 2024.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Miranda hung around until closing time, when she was approached by a Canadian tourist named Mary.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 29 May 2025
Explore the Chikuzen, a Japanese fishing boat that drifted 12 miles north of Virgin Gorda—keep an eye out for the 600-pound goliath grouper that likes to hang around.
—AFAR Media, 23 May 2025
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“Hang around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20around. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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