hang about

verb

1. to waste time; loiter

2. to frequent the company (of someone)

interjection

1. wait a moment! stop!

Example Sentences

"I cannot remember now how I got into Rock'n'Roll, I wish I could, I'd do it again. But in the absence of anything to go on I just sort of read the papers, chat to people, hang about and worry about it before I go to sleep."

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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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