hang with
phrasal verb
hung with; hanging with; hangs with
US, informal
1
: to spend time with (someone)
He's just been hanging with his friends.
2
: to stay close to (someone) : to keep up with (someone)
He hung with the leaders for the first half of the race, but then he began to fall behind.
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Warm, gauzy photographs depict a rustic kitchen hung with antique baskets and gleaming copper pots; militantly tidy arrangements of canapés; and a radiant young Stewart in a spotless white dress.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Purdue plays hard and has been competitive in several of its Big Ten losses, but this is still a 2-7 team that had no business hanging with Michigan deep into the fourth quarter.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
For Kelce, charcoal brings him back to cooking with his family, playing sports and hanging with his friends in college.
—Emily Rella, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
So one of the greatest downhill skiers of all time essentially had to hang with the JV squad.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Purdue plays hard and has been competitive in several of its Big Ten losses, but this is still a 2-7 team that had no business hanging with Michigan deep into the fourth quarter.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
For Kelce, charcoal brings him back to cooking with his family, playing sports and hanging with his friends in college.
—Emily Rella, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
So one of the greatest downhill skiers of all time essentially had to hang with the JV squad.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Hang with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20with. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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