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Phrase(s): hang out (some place)
1. to spend time in a place habitually. • Is this where you guys hang out all the time? 2. to spend time aimlessly; to waste time. • Bill: What are you doing this afternoon? Tom: Oh, I’ll just hang out. • Kids hang out too much these days., Phrase(s): hang something out (of something)
to suspend something outside of something while it is attached to the inside of something. • He hung the rope out of the window so he could escape the burning building. • She ran to the window and hung the rope out., Phrase(s): hang out (with someone or something)
to associate with someone or a group on a regular basis. • She hangs out with Alice too much. • I wish you would stop hanging out with that crowd of boys., Phrase(s): hang out (of something)
to be visibly coming out of something. • Your shirttail is hanging out of your pants. • My shirttail was hanging out.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Protrude downward, as in The dog's tongue was hanging out, or The branches hung out over the driveway. [c. 1400] 2. Display a flag or sign of some kind, as in They hung out the flag on every holiday. [Mid-1500s] 3. Reside, live, as in I've found a place downtown, and I'll be hanging out there beginning next week. [c. 1800] 4. Spend one's free time in; also, loiter, pass time idly. For example, They hung out around the pool parlor, or They spent the evening just hanging out. [Slang; mid-1900s] 5. hang out with. Keep company with, appear in public with, as in She's hanging out with her ex-boyfriend again. [Slang; second half of 1900s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with HANG OUT; LET IT ALL HANG OUT.
American Heritage Idioms