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'll hang about with the youngest players in the squad at dinner and chat away to them.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
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
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
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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