Phrasal Verbs – HANG, Definitions and Example Sentences

English Phrasal Verbs – HANG, Definitions and Example Sentences

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

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

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.