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hang around

VERB
spend time in a place
Synonyms
WEAK
abide affect dally frequent glom hang about hang out haunt linger live loiter reside resort roam spend time swell tarry waste time

Example Sentences

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When he does, he doesn’t plan to hang around very long.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Somehow he managed to hang around the New York hip-hop scene without taking to heart the message conveyed in Run-DMC’s “You Talk Too Much.”

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

For one thing, Powell may now be emboldened to hang around the Fed as a non-chair governor for much longer than planned.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases and, although it does not hang around in the atmosphere as long as carbon dioxide, it is 28 times stronger over a 100-year period.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

I pulled the headphones from my ears and let them hang around my neck, the music still playing, a kind of muffled buzz emanating from me.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth