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单词 hanging around
释义

hang around

verb

hung around; hanging around; hangs around
1
intransitive, informal
a
: to pass time idly or in relaxing or socializing
spent the day just hanging around with her friends
b
: to stay in or at a place for a period of time
had to hang around for over an hour, waiting for the bus
She didn't feel like hanging around at the club afterward … David Calder
2
transitive, informal : to pass time or stay in or at (a place) or in the company of (someone)
hung around the house all day
My mother doesn't want me hanging around the park alone. Judy Blume
When he was 10 years old, Lester taught him-self to windsurf by hanging around the Europeans and Canadian tourists who rented boards on the beach at Varadero. Sam Moses

Synonyms

  • abide
  • dwell
  • remain
  • stay
  • stick around
  • tarry
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Example Sentences

if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined at sense 2

hanging around

verb

present participle of hang around
as in remaining
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • remaining
  • waiting
  • sticking around
  • staying
  • dwelling
  • hanging on
  • holding on
  • abiding
  • lingering
  • awaiting
  • tarrying
  • loitering
  • dawdling
  • overstaying
  • dallying
  • outstaying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • taking off
  • getting off
  • buzzing (off)
  • shoving (off)
  • packing (up or off)
  • pulling out
  • bailing out
  • bugging out
  • walking out
  • clearing out
  • pushing off
  • pushing on
  • peeling off
  • moving
  • leaving
  • going
  • exiting
  • running away
  • departing
  • clearing off
  • getting out
  • cutting out
  • bailing
  • quitting
  • piking (out or off)
  • going off
  • flying
  • escaping
  • fleeing
  • skipping
  • vamoosing
  • evacuating
  • absconding
  • booking
  • scramming
  • decamping
  • abandoning
  • vacating
  • forsaking
  • deserting
  • scatting
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