hang around en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To stay, linger, or loiter.
If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.
I would have liked to have hung around in Birmingham, but my connections are tight owing to a points failure, and I make the CrossCountry Class 170 to Derby by the skin of my teeth.
2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 57:
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(idiomatic) To spend time or be friends. (especially to hang around with someone)
Oh well uh, you might think I'm crazy / To hang around with you / Or maybe you think I'm lucky / To have somethin' to do
1984, Ric Ocasek, “You Might Think”, in Heartbeat City, performed by The Cars:My daughter likes to hang around with older kids after school.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hanging around | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hung around | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hung around | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| hangs around | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (36)
ru ошива́ться (to stay, linger or loiter) · fi norkoilla (to stay, linger or loiter) · pl włóczyć się (to stay, linger or loiter) · ru слоня́ться (to stay, linger or loiter) · fi hengata (to spend time or be friends) · pl zadawać się (to spend time or be friends) · de abhängen (to spend time or be friends) · cs potloukat se (to stay, linger or loiter) · pl spędzić czas (to spend time or be friends) · cmn 逗留 (to stay, linger or loiter) · nl rondhangen (to spend time or be friends) · hu cselleng (to stay, linger or loiter) · pl szwendać się (to stay, linger or loiter) · ro sta cu (to spend time or be friends) · fr traîner (to spend time or be friends) · pl pałętać się (to stay, linger or loiter) · fr traîner (to stay, linger or loiter) · pl wałkonić się (to stay, linger or loiter) · ro își petrece timpul cu (to spend time or be friends) · de herumhängen (to spend time or be friends) · pl wałęsać się (to stay, linger or loiter) · ru тусова́ться (to stay, linger or loiter) · fi hengailla (to spend time or be friends) · sh provoditi vrijeme s (to spend time or be friends) · sh družiti se (to spend time or be friends) · ru тере́ться (to stay, linger or loiter) · ru встреча́ться (to spend time or be friends) · nl rondhangen (to stay, linger or loiter) · ru окола́чиваться (to stay, linger or loiter) · ru шата́ться (to stay, linger or loiter) · ru шля́ться (to stay, linger or loiter) · ru дружи́ть (to spend time or be friends) · cmn 混 (to spend time or be friends) · de rumhängen (to spend time or be friends) · ru води́ться (to spend time or be friends) · pl spędzać czas (to spend time or be friends)