English Phrase of the Day

Definitions

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hang around
1. v. to stay, linger or loiter
If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.
2. v. to spend time or be friends (especially to hang around with someone)
My daughter likes to hang around with older kids after school.
Analysis
Hang
1. n. Name and trademark of a musical instrument invented and built by PANArt Hangbau AG.
2. v. (intransitive) To be or remain suspended.
The lights hung from the ceiling.
3. v. (intransitive) To float, as if suspended.
The smoke hung in the room.
around		©
1. prep. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
I planted a row of lillies around the statue.  The jackals began to gather around someone or something.
2. prep. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
We walked around the football field.  She went around the track fifty times.
3. prep. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.

Example Sentences

You hang around and tell me about it.  You should be grateful that I even let you hang around, but no, you sit there with that snide little look on your face and bitch to me about not caring.  I can't just hang around to be there for you at your conveniences.  Surely you've heard of us, in your day we used to hang around washrooms recruiting delicious little children.

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