hang around

Example Sentences

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When a manager does that, I start to wonder how long he will hang around.

From BBC

"We would ask people to be vigilant of anyone seen hanging around businesses or retail premises during the early hours of the morning."

From BBC

The Browns have cycled through quarterbacks and might hang around for a while, but the visitors will pull away down the stretch.

From Los Angeles Times

Mark Lawrence, the library’s director, said the recordings are “deeply connected to one of the big mysteries and controversies that’s hung around LBJ for decades.”

From Seattle Times

The fishermen dropped them into jars of water, which some of them hung around their necks on string.

From New York Times