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Verb: hang around  hang-u'rawnd
  1. Spend time in one place doing little or wasting time
    "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?";
    - loiter, lounge, footle [informal], lollygag [N. Amer, informal], loaf [informal], lallygag [N. Amer, informal], mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around, dilly-dally [informal], dillydally [informal], mooch [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: hangs around, hung around, hanging around

Type of: be

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