hang about

verb

1. to waste time; loiter
2. adverbfoll bywith to frequent the company (of someone)

interjection

1. wait a moment! stop!

Example Sentences

He needs to invent reasons to still hang about without wanting to admit that he cares, even though he does.

From Los Angeles Times

They hang about 20 feet down and stretch about 20 feet out.

From New York Times

Desmond, Lawwell and Nicholson will have hoped for at least another season from Postecoglou but, equally, they'll have known that an ambitious 57-year-old with a burgeoning reputation wasn't going to hang about if a big club in England came calling.

From BBC

"People over the road were showing pictures with a big fire on the roof. If I'd seen that I would have thought, 'I'm not going to hang about.'"

From BBC

They can't hang about either because they have got huge games against Watford and Leeds in the middle of that month.

From BBC