hung (around or out)

variants also hanged (around or out)
past tense of hang (around or out)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hung (around or out)
Verb
  • Neural highways that once buzzed with activity are becoming quiet country roads, rarely traveled and slowly overgrown.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The end of winter break was nearing for the two university students, who had traveled to Urbana to visit other water polo players at the University of Illinois, Abraham’s father told CNN.
    Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Throughout their trip, Gomez and her friends lounged on the beach and dressed up in matching sweatsuits.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Guests of the hotel lounged around the pool, mingling, laughing, and dancing.
    L'Oréal Blackett, Refinery29, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This approach has enabled Apex to scale quickly while maintaining the stability and resources associated with a corporate partnership.
    William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Bowlan had to learn the nuances associated with relief work, from arm care to consistent throwing.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Asthma is not always classified strictly as an allergic disease, but many cases are allergy related, and such cases are becoming more common worldwide.
    Rhonda Conner-Warren, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Blood related or not, Eid wants his workers to all feel like family.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Watts said the child welfare agency also will maintain collaboration with public health officials, law enforcement and treatment providers to prevent tragedies connected to fentanyl and other drugs.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Hope in Dave Canales, the second-year head coach whose optimism-springs-eternal approach has this team feeling connected.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ruisz and Durkin hooked up again on a 51-yard TD pass midway through the second quarter as the Eagles built a 28-0 halftime lead on the way to avenging last season’s 42-27 loss to the Thunderbolts and giving Murphy a win in his debut as Sandburg’s head coach.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • For decades, scientists have chased a mystery about how proteins’ building blocks first hooked up with RNA, the molecule carrying life’s code.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Fernandes Anderson doled out a $13,000 bonus to one of her Council staffers, a relative but not an immediate family member, on the condition that $7,000 be kicked back to her.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Hudgens also kicked back at the resort’s Essencia Spa and had a seven-course meal at the Muna rooftop restaurant.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Hung (around or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hung%20%28around%20or%20out%29. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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