as in to remain
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him
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Recent Examples of hang around
Friday night, Senzatela wasn’t good, but hung around for four innings, giving up five runs on eight hits.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Aug. 2025
That means Kenan Yildiz, another of the league’s outstanding talents, is hanging around.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
While the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals hang around the edge of the playoffs, the dominant first half is still enough for the Tigers to cruise to their first division title since 2014.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
While other kids his age were playing Pac-Man at the arcade, Entin was attending trials and hanging around the Gold Coast Railroad Museum while dad saw clients at the nearby Federal Correctional Institution.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 23 Aug. 2025
That means Kenan Yildiz, another of the league’s outstanding talents, is hanging around.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
While the Cleveland Guardians and the Kansas City Royals hang around the edge of the playoffs, the dominant first half is still enough for the Tigers to cruise to their first division title since 2014.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
While other kids his age were playing Pac-Man at the arcade, Entin was attending trials and hanging around the Gold Coast Railroad Museum while dad saw clients at the nearby Federal Correctional Institution.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang around
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Spoon batter into pan, smooth top, and sprinkle streusel and remaining pecans.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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After defeating the Twins, the Royals remained just a game behind the Seattle Mariners (74-68) for the third and final wild-card spot.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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Even as Muchová forced things into a tiebreak, Osaka stayed steady and moved her left and right until the right opening came.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The hearing centered on how America can stay ahead in the new space race, with lawmakers pressing the importance of Artemis and reaffirming the need for the Gateway space station and to maintain continuous operations in low Earth orbit (LEO).—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Hollywood Reporter published their accounts, which included one woman’s claim that the actor waited for her outside of a restroom and forcefully pushed her against a wall and kissed her.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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On its opening day, multiple patients from UHI made the short walk across Fisherman Street to the big blue bus to wait for their names to be called.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Organisms can turn into fossils that last tens of millions of years, but most organisms don’t become fossils; metals and plastics might not stick around at all.—
Matthew Hutson,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Clay-heavy soils drain slowly, which means nutrients stick around longer.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Hang around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20around. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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