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
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
Toward evening, Johnny began to hang about the gate.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
