HyperDic: hang_around

English > 1 sense of the expression hang around:
VERBstativehang around, loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill aroundbe about
English > hang around: 1 sense > verb 1, stative
MeaningBe about.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymsloiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
Narrowerprowl, lurchloiter about, with no apparent aim
BroaderbeHave the quality of being
Spanishacechar, dar vueltas, demorarse, entretenerse, holgazanear, merodear, perder el tiempo, permanecer, pulular, quedarse, vagar
Catalandemorar-se, dropejar, entretenir-se, gandulejar, pul·lular, voltar

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