hang about

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"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."

From BBC

"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.'"

From BBC

They can't hang about either because they have got huge games against Watford and Leeds in the middle of that month.

From BBC

Manager Ange Postecoglou had labelled it must-win and his players did not hang about in a high-tempo attacking performance, surging ahead with a terrific finish from talisman Kyogo.

From BBC

Its coming offerings will include a mass vocal event, “The All Sing,” by Daniel Bernard Roumain and Marc Bamuthi Joseph; “The Hang,” about the death of Socrates, with book and lyrics by Taylor Mac and music by Matt Ray; a double bill of character studies with music by Emma O’Halloran and libretto by Mark O’Halloran; “Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville,” a concert work about marijuana by Grace Galu; and “Book of Mountains and Seas,” a reflection on nature by the composer Huang Ruo and the director and designer Basil Twist.

From New York Times