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To hang around somewhere is to spend time there not doing very much. Informal.
This phrasal verb can also be hang round and hang about.
Examples of use:
1. Will you stop hanging around the kitchen and go and do something useful!
2. You go on ahead. I'll hang around here and wait for William to arrive.
| infinitive | hang around |
| present simple | hang around and hangs around |
| -ing form | hanging around |
| past simple | hung around |
| past participle | hung around |
Can you think of any ways to use the phrasal verb 'hang around' in a sentence?
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