Definitions for hang around
hang around

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1. loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill aroundverb

   be about

   "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

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1. hang aroundverb

   to stay, linger or loiter

2. hang aroundverb

   to spend time or be friends (especially to hang around with someone)

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1. hang around

   To hang around refers to the act of spending time idly or remaining in a particular place aimlessly, often without any specific purpose or objective. It usually involves doing things in a casual, nonchalant, or leisurely manner, often waiting for someone or something.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hang around in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hang around in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of hang around in a Sentence

1. Gary Gulman:

   Life and Beth. i got a really fun part on that and got to hang around with Amy and Michael [ Rapaport ] and other comedians on the show, and it was really, it was so much fun.

2. Steve Kerr:

   This has been a pattern during this bad spell for us, we’re not stepping on teams when they are down. We’re making mistakes and allowing teams to hang around, and when you do that in this league you’re dead.

3. Republican Rep. Jason Lewis:

   What the welfare state has done to the black community, a hundred years of racism could not do, a hundred years of racism could not break it up, it could not destroy black families. Jim Crow could not do it. But what dependency has done, is has caused unwanted pregnancy, illegitimacy. It has told young black males that they are dispensable, they don't need to hang around when mom needs support or whatever and it has destroyed -- and not just black communities, but any urban community, and so what you've got here is now they're addicted. Large swaths of Hispanic communities, black communities are addicted to these, these subsidies.

4. David Bellinger:

   They have much shorter biological half lives than, say, the heavy metals, which can hang around for decades.

5. Gary Gulman:

   I got a really fun part on that and got to hang around with Amy and Michael [ Rapaport ] and other comedians on the show, and it was really, it was so much fun.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hang around
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hang_Around
3. ^ ChatGPT
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