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
David Calder2
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
Judy BlumeWhen 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
Sam Moses
Synonyms
- abide
- dwell
- remain
- stay
- stick around
- tarry
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
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
hung around
verb
as in remained
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
- remained
- stuck around
- stayed
- waited
- abode
- hung on
- dwelled
- dwelt
- held on
- tarried
- abided
- lingered
- awaited
- loitered
- dawdled
- overstayed
- outstayed
- dallied
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- walked out
- went off
- took off
- left
- shoved (off)
- packed (up or off)
- bailed out
- buzzed (off)
- bugged out
- moved
- departed
- cleared out
- went
- quit
- exited
- pulled out
- quitted
- bailed
- cut out
- pushed off
- cleared off
- pushed on
- got off
- peeled off
- escaped
- ran away
- fled
- evacuated
- flew
- skipped
- absconded
- piked (out or off)
- got out
- abandoned
- decamped
- booked
- deserted
- vamoosed
- vacated
- forsook
- scrammed
- scatted
