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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The walls were giddy with patterned paper and hung with vintage portraits of busty women.
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Julie Lasky, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Olmo’s plans to head out and hang with his best friend, Miguel (Diego Olmedo), hit a snag when Cecila is called into work for an extra waitressing shift and the ever-fuming Ana refuses to cancel her roller disco plans for the evening.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
The original is superior and Jay-Z, who tries to make hanging with Hillary Clinton sound cool, was a shadow of himself at the time.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
In the loss to Minnetonka, Prior Lake trailed by only six points at the break (37-31) and hung with the Skippers in the second half.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Julie Lasky, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Olmo’s plans to head out and hang with his best friend, Miguel (Diego Olmedo), hit a snag when Cecila is called into work for an extra waitressing shift and the ever-fuming Ana refuses to cancel her roller disco plans for the evening.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
The original is superior and Jay-Z, who tries to make hanging with Hillary Clinton sound cool, was a shadow of himself at the time.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
In the loss to Minnetonka, Prior Lake trailed by only six points at the break (37-31) and hung with the Skippers in the second half.
—Tom Schardin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Hang with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20with. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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