āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
hang about
/hËaÅ ÉbËaĘt/
to hang about
[phrase form: hang]
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āĻāĻĄā§āĻĄāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to wait or stay at a place, often without a specific purpose
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He often hangs about the park on weekends, watching people play chess.
āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠āϏ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢā§āϰāĻž āĻāϰā§, āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻž āĻā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻŦā§ā§āĻžāύā§, āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§
to be friends or spend time with someone
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She loves to hang about with her childhood friends, reminiscing about the good old days.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āĻļāĻŦā§āϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āύ, āĻĒā§āϰā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŽā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϞāϏā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž
to move or do something slowly, often causing a delay
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The train is about to leave; we ca n't hang about any longer.
āĻā§āϰā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻāϞā§āĻā§; āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
hang about
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āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§
used to tell someone to stop or pause an action, statement, or activity
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hang about, do n't rush into a decision like that without thinking it through.
āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āύāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤
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