as in to remain
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him
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Recent Examples of hang around
Ouellet ended up carving out a third-pair role for a couple of seasons for a rebuilding NHL team, hung around as a high-end top-four option in the AHL and is now playing in the KHL.
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Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 May 2026
After one training session, Mura and five or six of his U20 teammates hung around and volunteered to line up as a wall for Messi, who was practicing free kicks.
—Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Just outside, in the Tirso de Molina plaza, dozens of Africans were hanging around in small groups, many of them regulars at Ángel’s bar.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
With Kuechly hanging around Bank of America Stadium quite often, perhaps the rookie can find a mentor to help elevate his game.
—Mike Kaye
april 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
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Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 May 2026
After one training session, Mura and five or six of his U20 teammates hung around and volunteered to line up as a wall for Messi, who was practicing free kicks.
—Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Just outside, in the Tirso de Molina plaza, dozens of Africans were hanging around in small groups, many of them regulars at Ángel’s bar.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
With Kuechly hanging around Bank of America Stadium quite often, perhaps the rookie can find a mentor to help elevate his game.
—Mike Kaye
april 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang around
Verb
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For now, though, Lozano remains out of sight, but not out of the conversation.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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First, since no one actually knows the future, guessing, speculating, or simply making things up remains the state of the art for almost everyone involved in describing it.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Choose one direction, adjust as needed, and let clarity guide your next step forward with confidence and steady follow-through while staying flexible in how things unfold.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Church and the Fields stayed at Shirley, a plantation just southeast of Richmond.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Voters who won the case wanted the transfer to happen without the waiting period to grant more time for new maps to be drawn.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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These aren’t the Knicks people spent years waiting to collapse.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
Verb
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Reynaldo López is out for now, but does JR Ritchie stick around in lieu of, say, Martín Pérez?—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
1 May 2026
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The funnel neck style -- a high, stand collar that often involves a zipper or button element -- was prevalent in fall 2025 and has since stuck around, particularly as a design element on some of our favorite spring jackets.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 May 2026
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“Hang around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20around. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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