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hang around with

VERB
accompany
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attend escort follow guide lead
STRONG
chaperon conduct consort convoy date dog draft drag guard shadow spook squire tailgate usher
WEAK
associate with come along go along hang out keep company look after shlep along show about show around stick to string along tag along take out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abandon disregard leave lose neglect
STRONG
ignore
WEAK
desert withdraw
VERB
consort
Synonyms
STRONG
accompany associate attend bear befriend bring carry chaperon company conduct convoy join mingle mix pal
WEAK
chum together chum with clique with gang up with go around with hang out with hang with keep company pal around with pal with run around with run with take up with tie up with
Antonyms
STRONG
avoid disconnect disjoin dissociate divide ignore leave neglect refuse separate sever shun take withdraw
WEAK
disagree
VERB
nationalize
Synonyms
STRONG
associate club communalize consort entertain fraternize hobnob join league mingle mix
WEAK
chum with get about get around get-together go out hang out keep company make advances make the rounds pal around run with tie up with
Antonyms
STRONG
disagree disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate divide separate sever
VERB
socialize
Synonyms
STRONGEST
entertain get around mingle
STRONG
associate club consort fraternize hobnob join league mix
WEAK
chum with get about get-together go out hang out keep company make advances make the rounds pal around run with tie up with
Antonyms
STRONG
disagree disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate divide separate sever
WEAK
exclude shun

Example Sentences

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Usually, both the host and musical guest hang around with the “SNL” stars as the credits roll, but Wallen seemingly had other places to be.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025

And just over a month ago, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told a reporter that he had not recently spoken with Gaetz because “I don’t hang around with pedophiles.”

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2024

I don’t think there’s many people my age who I hang around with who are desperate for either candidate.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024

Elena Bosgana’s 3-pointer later in the third extended Stanford’s lead to 14 but the Ducks continued to hang around with a 5-0 run, capped by Grace VanSlooten’s steal and transition basket.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

I hang around with a bunch of dudes.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah