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单词 hang around (or round or about)
释义

hang around (or round or British about)

1Loiter; wait around: undercover officers spent most of their time hanging around bars...
  • So you don't believe in hanging around waiting for something big to come your way?
  • Some bored looking folks were hanging about as if waiting for a protest to happen.
  • I hang around, waiting for other parents or teachers to clear up the story for me.

Synonyms

loiter in, linger in, wait around in, spend time in, loaf (around/about) in, lounge (around/about) in;
waste time, kill time, mark time, while away the/one's time, dally;
kick one's heels, cool one's heels, twiddle one's thumbs;
frequent, be a regular visitor to, be a regular client of, haunt
informal hang out in
1.1 informal Wait: [in imperative]: hang about, you see what it says here?...
  • Hang about. Didn't you used to play American football?
  • Hang about - this isn't going to work - better quit while we're only a bit behind.
  • Hang about a second - the reason why the price of CDs has fallen so sharply between 1983 and 1996 isn't because a generous recording industry started price cutting in the consumers interest.

Synonyms

wait, hold on, wait a minute
informal hang on, hold your horses
2 (hang around with) Associate with (someone): I hung around with the thugs...
  • We're very pleased the police caught somebody and the fact that he went to court will make an example of him to the people he hangs around with.
  • The guy hangs around with very shady characters everywhere he goes.
  • She's been very canny about who she's been hanging around with and where she's been over the past few months.

Synonyms

associate, mix, go around, keep company, spend time, mingle, socialize, fraternize, consort, rub shoulders;
North American rub elbows
informal hang out, run around, knock about/around, be thick, hobnob
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