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
They hang about 20 feet down and stretch about 20 feet out.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2023
"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
The other thing he did was to hang about in the chandlery.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
