HUNG (AROUND OR OUT) Synonyms: 145 Similar and Opposite Words

hung (around or out)

verb

variants also hanged (around or out)

Definition of hung (around or out)

past tense of hang (around or out)

as in traveled

to come or be together as friends she still hangs around with her college roommate

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as in hacked (around)

to spend time doing nothing for my vacation I plan to rent a beach house and just hang out

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Tiny creatures like crabs and ants traveled huge distances, encountering all sorts of dangers—driven by the instinct to lay eggs and reproduce at any cost.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby.

— Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of traveled

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In one such report, a single tear-gas cannister kicked back was recorded as forty-four assaults.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
When something’s off (like a misplaced comma or wrong code), the claim gets kicked back, and either the patient or the doctor eats the cost.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Definition of kicked back

Verb

SpaceX says this removes potential failure points associated with a separate hydraulic system and with running out of hydraulic fluid.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Very strong El Niño events has been associated with floods and famine in the past.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of associated

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Every single night, through that winter, spring and summer, Caldwell and Rothstein kicked around potential game situations and ideas for how to approach them.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2026
No balls were kicked around, but a first impression was made about a pitch that’s cropped tighter than a Pebble Beach fairway yet in impressive shape after four games over 11 days.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

Definition of kicked around

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Daniel later pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge connected to his threats, and in June of this year he was sentenced in state court to three years in prison and five years of probation, just weeks before his 19th birthday.

— Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Members who had barely spoken to each other or had climbed on different days are now connected via WhatsApp to try to enlist longtime Manhattan Plaza residents in their cause.

— Sarah Rose Siskind, Curbed, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of connected

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With the rains the park has had lately, the leaves were relaxed and not curled into their dry weather posture.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
Party of Four The Douglas crew looked rested and relaxed while on vacation over the Thanksgiving break back in 2022.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of relaxed

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After living in the City of Lights for more than a decade, the designer said he was drawn to its features, which informed his palette that runs from sky blues to Seine greens, via tones inspired by its typical stone buildings.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
Every action is decisive and cannot be reversed, just as the film runs ever forward through the projector.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of ran

Verb

I'mPhaedra Trethan, bummed out to hear one of my favorite baseball announcers has been let go in a round of ESPN layoffs.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 21 July 2026
Officer Rory lets Greg go, but the combination of the walk and thinking about his daughter’s predicament has bummed him out.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026

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