hang about
hang
ˈhÃĻng
hāng
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bout
baƊt
bawt
/hˈaŋ ɐbˈaƊt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "hang about"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to hang about
[phrase form: hang]
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āφāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to wait or stay at a place, often without a specific purpose
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He often hangs about the park on weekends, watching people play chess.
āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻž āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦā§‡ā§œāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧋ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to be friends or spend time with someone
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She loves to hang about with her childhood friends, reminiscing about the good old days.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļ⧈āĻļāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāϘ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āύ, āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move or do something slowly, often causing a delay
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The train is about to leave; we ca n't hang about any longer.
āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇; āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āφāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§‹

used to tell someone to stop or pause an action, statement, or activity
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āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hang about, do n't rush into a decision like that without thinking it through.
āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋, āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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