Usually means: Linger, wait around, waste time.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. hang about: Merriam-Webster
  2. hang about: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hang about: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. hang about: Wiktionary
  5. hang about: Dictionary.com
  6. hang about: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. hang about: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hang about: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hang about: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hang about: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hang about: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. hang about: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hang about)

verb:  (informal) To linger, loiter, or stay.
verb:  (informal) Especially in the form to hang about with (someone): to spend time or be friends with.

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