hang around

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hang around
linger, pass time, loiter; spend time with
 
hangs around
loiters around

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hang around

Verb
1. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
(synonym) loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) prowl, lurch


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hang around
pass time or stay someplace without any real purpose or aim We decided to stay home and hang around on Sunday rather than go out to the game.

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hang around
Synonyms and related words:
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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hang around
phrv. ค่อยๆ ก่อตัวขึ้น, ค่อยๆพัฒนา; คอยวนเวียนอยู่ใกล้ๆ (syn. bang around, kick about); เป็นเพื่อนกับ, สนิทสนมกับ; ขู่ให้กลัว
hang around1 phrv. คอยโดยไม่ทำอะไร (syn. hang about, hang round)
hang around2 phrv. แขว่งไปมาจากหรือรอบส่วนของร่างกาย (syn. hang about, hang round)
vi. เตร็ดเตร่, เดินไปเดินมา, ปล่อยเวลาไปโดยเปล่าประโยชน์ (syn. loiter)