English Phrasal Verbs – HANG, Definitions and Example Sentences
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Hang around
to move or to do sth slowly
Don’t hang around, you have a train to catch!
Hang on
to wait for a short time
Hang on a minute; I’m just coming.
Hang out
to spend a lot of time in a place
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We will spend the whole day hanging out by the pool.
Hang about
to loiter
Come on, we haven’t got time to hang about!
Hang together
to stick together
If you all hang together, you’ll succeed in your plan.
Hang over
to hover over
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The clouds of war will hang over the east.
Hang up
to end a phone conversation
Please hang up the phone.
Hang back
to be reluctant to carry on
There’s no need to hang back we can sing as well as anyone.
Hang on to
to continue something making an effort to do this
I’ll hang on to the documents for a bit longer.
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