Phr V
hang about/around/round
hangs, hanging, hung
hang about/around/round (swh)
informal to spend time somewhere, usually without doing very muchI spent quite a bit of my youth just hanging about on street corners.I had to hang around the station waiting for his train to arrive.
hang about/around/round
British & Australian informal to be slow to do somethingIf you hang about any more, you'll miss your train.Once he's decided to do something, he doesn't hang around.