hang around

• Phrasal verb, das das müßige Verbringen von Zeit oder das Warten an einem Ort bezeichnet, oft ohne bestimmten Zweck.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of spending time idly or waiting in a place, often without a specific purpose.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

1. Spend time idlyinformal

   To spend time in a place without a specific purpose, often waiting or relaxing.

   Herumhängen

   • The teenagers like to hang around the mall after school.
   • We just hung around the park for a while.
   • He's been hanging around the house all day.

   Synonymedawdleidlelingerloafloiterlollloungemill around

   Antonymelaborstrivetoilwork

2. Associate with someoneinformal

   To spend time with someone, often as a friend or companion.

   Sich mit jemandem abgeben

   • She hangs around with a group of artists.
   • I don't like the people he hangs around with.
   • They've been hanging around together since college.

   Synonymeassociateconsortfraternizehobnobkeep companyminglemix

   Antonymeavoidshunsnubspurn

Grundverbhang