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
They hang about 20 feet down and stretch about 20 feet out.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
They can't hang about either because they have got huge games against Watford and Leeds in the middle of that month.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2021
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
The pavilion was big enough to take two separate groups without them bothering each other—in the summer, a third group could hang about out on the veranda.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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