hang with
phrasal verb
hung with; hanging with; hangs with
US, informal
1
: to spend time with (someone)
He's just been hanging with his friends.
2
: to stay close to (someone) : to keep up with (someone)
He hung with the leaders for the first half of the race, but then he began to fall behind.
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Tampa is much better equipped to hang with Florida compared to last year, but this series would be a nasty, grueling battle.
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Saquon Barkley already got to hang with members of the Trump family before meeting President Donald Trump later this month.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The beloved Fragonard gallery, filled with the Rococo painter’s ribald allegories of romantic courtship, returns virtually unchanged, as does the exquisite dining room, whose walls are hung with towering portraits by the British painter Thomas Gainsborough.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The Bruins are sizable favorites in Spokane, but Ole Miss can hang with the juggernauts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Saquon Barkley already got to hang with members of the Trump family before meeting President Donald Trump later this month.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2025
The beloved Fragonard gallery, filled with the Rococo painter’s ribald allegories of romantic courtship, returns virtually unchanged, as does the exquisite dining room, whose walls are hung with towering portraits by the British painter Thomas Gainsborough.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The Bruins are sizable favorites in Spokane, but Ole Miss can hang with the juggernauts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Hang with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20with. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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