hang about
Britishverb
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to waste time; loiter
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to frequent the company (of someone)
interjection
Example Sentences
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He needs to invent reasons to still hang about without wanting to admit that he cares, even though he does.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024
She said she would hang about 20 masks at a time, and within an hour they’d be gone.
From Washington Times • May 1, 2020
Nigel Andrews of The Financial Times simply adds: "Don't hang about if there is a cinema near you. If there isn't, take a train or bus. This is a funny, clever, inventive, richly endearing film."
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2019
They would all come to New York for the season, and we would hang about together and go to Joe Eula’s house — Andy and his group, Joe and his group, Halston and his group.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2018
Then he bought a wide and deep carven bed, big enough for a small room in itself, and he bought flowered curtains to hang about it.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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