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Phrase(s): hang around (with someone) [and] go around (with someone)
Fig. to spend a lot of time with someone; to waste away time with someone. • John hangs around with Bill a lot. • They’ve been going around with the Smiths., Phrase(s): hang around someone or something
Go to around someone or something., Phrase(s): hang around (some place)
to loiter some place; to be in a place or in an area, doing nothing in particular. • Why are you hanging around my office? • It’s comfortable here. I think I’ll hang around here for a while.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Spend time idly, loiter, as in Every afternoon they could be found hanging around the mall. [Mid1800s] Also see HANG OUT, def. 4. 2. Keep company or consort with someone, as in The younger campers loved to hang around the older ones. [Mid-1800s] Also see HANG OUT, def. 5.
American Heritage Idioms