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hang around (with someone) and go around (with someone) Fig. to spend a lot of time with someone; to waste away time with someone. John hangs around with Bill a lot. They've been going around with the Smiths. hang around 1. to stay in a place I don't like to hang around here after dark. He had stupidly hung around - just to see what the cops were doing - and ended up being arrested! 2. to be with another person I hate hanging around with her in the mall. It's so boring! 3. to not go away The flu can hang around for almost a month. Usage notes: usually said about a medical condition, as in the example How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Some would hang around the necks, or rather on the breasts of their horses, the most precious ornaments they had obtained from the white men; others interwove feathers in their manes and tails. You won't go back to your ships and sea; therefore, you'll hang around these pest-holes of cities until your bones are rotten, and then you'll die. There shall it flame for ages, making a noonday of midnight, glittering on the suits of armor, the banners, and escutcheons, that hang around the wall, and keeping bright the memory of heroes. |
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