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THESAURUS

RELATED WORDS : all around around around the bend around the clock arse around beat around the bush bent hang bob around boss around bring around bum around bump around care a hang cast around circle around clown around come around drive around fool around frig around gang around gather around get around get around to get the hang get the hang of give a hang go around go around in circles hang hang about hang around with hang back hang by a thread hang fire hang glide hang glider hang gliding hang in hang in effigy hang off hang on hang out hang over hang together hang up horse around inverted hang jazz around just around the corner kick around kid around knock around lever hang lie around loll around look around lounge around mess around mill around monkey around moon around mope around move around muck around nose around pass around piked reverse hang play around play around with poke around potter around push around putter around reverse hang revolve around roll around run around send around sleeping around slosh around slush around spin around splash around stick around straight hang swing around the other way around tool around turn around turned around twist around walk around waltz around wheel around whirl around

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb hang around has 1 sense

• hang around(v = verb.stative) footle, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
is one way to be
Sample sentences:
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THESAURUS

hang around

abide, affect, await, bide, bide the issue, bum around, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, do nothing, frequent, goof off, hang about, hang out, hang out at, haunt, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, idle, laze, lazy, lie around, linger, loaf, loiter, loiter about, loll around, lollop around, lounge, lounge around, mark time, mooch around, moon, moon around, resort, resort to, sit around, sit tight, sit up, slouch, slouch around, stand around, stay, stay up, stick around, take time, tarry, wait, wait a minute, wait and see

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