hang out
phrasal verbhang out
- (informal) to spend a lot of time in a place
- The local kids hang out at the mall.
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hang something out
- (especially British English) to attach things that you have washed to a piece of thin rope or wire, etc. outside so that they can dry; to attach something such as a flag outside a window or in the street
- Have you hung the washing out?
- They hung out banners that said ‘Stop the war!’