as in to remain
to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time
if you hang around until my husband gets home, you can meet him
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Recent Examples of hang around
Heading into the holiday period, the Premier League has some familiar faces hanging around the relegation zone.
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Ciarán McArdle, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
No Christmas stockings here, Lefty’s traded those for some cowboy boots hanging around the bar.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
The goal was to make the playoffs, or (more reasonably) to at least hang around the race long enough to play meaningful hockey into the final months.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
While it's not expected to snow on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, the white stuff from Monday could hang around to give the holiday a festive look.
—Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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Ciarán McArdle, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
No Christmas stockings here, Lefty’s traded those for some cowboy boots hanging around the bar.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American-Statesman, 5 Dec. 2024
The goal was to make the playoffs, or (more reasonably) to at least hang around the race long enough to play meaningful hockey into the final months.
—Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
While it's not expected to snow on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, the white stuff from Monday could hang around to give the holiday a festive look.
—Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hang around
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While the potent winds driving the fires to rapidly escalate were expected to die down by Thursday night, the initial causes of all the blazes remain under investigation.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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On a year-on-year basis, pork and fresh vegetable prices remain elevated, climbing 12.5%.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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Fox has stayed lean and mean since selling most of its assets to Disney.Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2025
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But even after El Niño ended and a more moderate La Niña cycle took over, the oceans stayed hot, with sea surface temperatures from July to December 2024 entering the record books second only to the same period in 2023.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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If the question fails, the district would have to wait a year before going back to voters with another millage increase request.Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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The future doesn’t wait—and neither do the innovators reshaping our world faster than ever before.Jessica Billingsley, Rolling Stone, 2 Jan. 2025
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Abnormal cold across the East Coast is expected to continue into next week, allowing for some snow to stick around.Judson Jones, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Now, his decision to stick around is starting to come to fruition.Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Hang around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hang%20around. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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