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View synonyms for hang about

hang about

verb

  1. to waste time; loiter

  2. to frequent the company (of someone)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


interjection

  1. wait a moment! stop!

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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One ally of Mahmood told the BBC: "She knows that time is of the essence. She didn't take long to take big decisions at the Ministry of Justice, and she doesn't tend to hang about."

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

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

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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.

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"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.'"

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