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  • 111hang — {{11}}hang (n.) late 15c., a sling, from HANG (Cf. hang) (v.). Meaning a curtain is from c.1500; that of the way cloth hangs is from 1797. To get the hang of (something) become capable is from 1834, American English. Perhaps originally in… …

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  • 112hang around — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To spend time with] Syn. associate with, get along with, have relations with, hang out with, hang with*; see also associate 1 . 2. [*To wait] Syn. linger, loiter, dawdle, hang about; see loiter , wait 1 . II (Roget s… …

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  • 113hang around/round — (informal) 1 they spent their time hanging around in bars: LOITER, linger, wait around, waste time, kill time, mark time, while away the/one s time, kick/cool one s heels, twiddle one s thumbs; frequent, be a regular visitor to, haunt; …

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  • 114hang*/*/*/ — [hæŋ] (past tense and past participle hung [hʌŋ] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to put something somewhere with its top part fixed and its bottom part free to move, or to be in this position Hang your jacket there.[/ex] Philip hung his hat on a hook behind… …

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  • 115hang around — Synonyms and related words: abide, affect, await, bide, bide the issue, bum around, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, do nothing, frequent, goof off, hang about, hang out, hang out at, haunt, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, idle, laze …

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  • 116hang around — informal 1) they spent their time hanging around in bars Syn: loiter, linger, wait around, waste time, kill time, mark time, while away the/one s time, cool one s heels, twiddle one s thumbs; frequent, be a regular visitor to, haunt; informal… …

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  • 117hang about — verb a) to stay, linger or loiter If you hang about after the show, you can meet the cast. b) to spend time or be friends (especially to hang about with someone) The stranger kept hanging about just inside the inn door, peering round the corner… …

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  • 118hang — vb American 1. to consort with, frequent. This black street usage is a shortening of the colloquialism hang out and was adopted by white adolescents from the 1990s. He s been hangin with the homeboys. Those betties hang down at the mall. 2. to… …

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  • 119hang around — {v.}, {informal} 1. To pass time or stay near without any real purpose or aim; loaf near or in. * /The principal warned the students not to hang around the corner drugstore after school./ Compare: HANG OUT(1). 2. To spend time or associate, *… …

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  • 120hang around — {v.}, {informal} 1. To pass time or stay near without any real purpose or aim; loaf near or in. * /The principal warned the students not to hang around the corner drugstore after school./ Compare: HANG OUT(1). 2. To spend time or associate, *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms