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hang about

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hang about, around
vb (intr)
1. to waste time; loiter
2. (adverb; foll by with) to frequent the company (of someone)
interj
wait a moment! stop!


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The committee expects me to spend some of my time at the club, and if I hang about here all the afternoon I shall lose my job.
Among these were a couple of cyclists, a jobbing gardener I employed sometimes, a girl carrying a baby, Gregg the butcher and his little boy, and two or three loafers and golf caddies who were accustomed to hang about the railway station.
A fortnight since I sent one of my men (most respectably dressed) to hang about his farm, and see what information he could pick up.
 
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