hang with

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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Brady posted photos of himself swimming underwater, hanging with his kids, sitting on the yacht deck, posing alongside friends and more water-side fun for the big birthday. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 To judge by the vocabulary deployed in its pages, the book belongs in the inner sanctum of literary theory, where the walls are hung with gnarly rhetorical tropes. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 Nearly 50 years later, Kittredge allows Boorman to revisit that cinematic circle of hell himself in a nuanced and surprisingly emotional documentary that hangs with you long after seeing it. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 July 2026 An up-and-comer from Evanston, IL who loves lacrosse, football, hanging with his best friends, and anything to do with art and history, Leber was most recently seen in a production of Leopoldstadt put on by Writers Theatre in Glencoe, Illinois. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for hang with

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“Hang with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20with. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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