hang about
(informal) To linger, loiter, or stay.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(informal) To linger, loiter, or stay.
If you hang about after the show, you can meet the cast.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(informal) Especially in the form to hang about with (someone): to spend time or be friends with.
He was taken into the mountain by the fairies, and had been with them for many years, and at last they wanted him to marry their daughter, who was always hanging about after him.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, colloquial) wait a minute; hold on.
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