hang about

Definitions

1. 1

   To linger, loiter, or stay.

   • If you hang about after the show, you can meet the cast.
   • The stranger kept hanging about just inside the inn door, peering round the corner like a cat waiting for a mouse.
   • 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.
2. 2

   Especially in the form to hang about with (someone)

   Especially in the form to hang about with (someone): to spend time or be friends with.

   • My daughter likes to hang about with older kids after school.
3. 3

   wait a minute

   wait a minute; hold on

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