hang with
phrasal verb
hung with; hanging with; hangs with
US, informal
1
: to spend time with (someone)
He's just been hanging with his friends.
2
: to stay close to (someone) : to keep up with (someone)
He hung with the leaders for the first half of the race, but then he began to fall behind.
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Tien was a lean and soft 17-year-old who had spent the previous two years figuring out how to hang with the big boys.
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Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Unlike in their meeting in Charlotte five days earlier, the Hornets didn’t make the requisite plays to close it out, unraveling despite hanging with — and leading — the Suns for the better part of night in the desert, allowing Phoenix to rip off a game-ending 19-5 spurt.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025
Each of the guest rooms is hung with art unique to that room by an array of different Nova Scotian artists.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Selena Gomez hanging with her fiancé Benny Blanco — and her Only Murders in the Building costars Steve Martin and Martin Short.
—Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Unlike in their meeting in Charlotte five days earlier, the Hornets didn’t make the requisite plays to close it out, unraveling despite hanging with — and leading — the Suns for the better part of night in the desert, allowing Phoenix to rip off a game-ending 19-5 spurt.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2025
Each of the guest rooms is hung with art unique to that room by an array of different Nova Scotian artists.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Selena Gomez hanging with her fiancé Benny Blanco — and her Only Murders in the Building costars Steve Martin and Martin Short.
—Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Hang with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hang%20with. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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