hang about
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
"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 • Jun. 12, 2022
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
How lovely to see a long-forgotten favourite pop up unexpectedly on the leaderboard, even if they just hang about for a couple of hours on Thursday morning.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2019
Then he bought a wide and deep carven bed, big enough for a small room in itself, and he bought flowered curtains to hang about it.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
