hang about
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
But most of all it is unexpectedly fun, drawing you through its world of not-very-good-at-this criminals, low-lifes and people who want little more than to just hang about with verve and panache.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2020
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 other thing he did was to hang about in the chandlery.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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