View synonyms for hang around

hang around

Keep company or consort with someone, as in The younger campers loved to hang around the older ones . [Mid-1800s] Also see hang out , def. 5.
Spend time idly, loiter, as in Every afternoon they could be found hanging around the mall . [Mid-1800s] Also see hang out , def. 4.

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I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.

She was gonna be in New York and wanted to hang around for New Years and hopefully be able to stay long enough to meet our baby.

A dad dressing up as a nanny to hang around his kids is rather odd.

Plus, there are so many wonderful characters who hang around courthouses in small towns.

But I do think these words will hang around her neck for a while.

The hair of children, boys and girls alike, was allowed to grow long and hang around the neck and shoulders.

I let him hang around, because he was so doggone interested.

With five thousand dollars in your mitt, you wouldn't need to hang around here to take a lot of slurs.

It's the proper and sensible thing for you to take the Montana out tonight and let me hang around the pilot-house and watch you.

It isn't enough to tie up a mill, and then hang around on street-corners for two months, waiting for the other side to give in.

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