# hang out

Pronunciation: US say "hang-OWT" /ˈhæŋ ˈaʊt/; AUS say "hang OWT" /ˈhæŋ ˈaʊt/

## Phrasal verb

1. To spend time with someone, or to meet up with them regularly. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To spend time with someone, or to meet up with them often.
   - _We used to hang out with the kids from next door every summer._
   - _A few teenagers were hanging out in the parking lot when the store closed._
2. To dangle from or stick out of something, or to put something up outdoors, in the plain, literal senses of hang and out.
   - Simple: To dangle from or stick out of something, or to put something up outside.
   - _On parade day, flags hang out of every window along Main Street._
   - _She hung out the laundry an hour before the rain started._
3. To lodge or live somewhere; more loosely, to be located or to exist. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To live or stay somewhere, or just to be found somewhere.
   - _Until the lease starts, I'm hanging out on my sister's couch._
   - _The settings files hang out in a hidden folder that most users never open._
4. To crave something or want it desperately. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To want something very badly.
   - _By the end of the hike, we were all hanging out for a hot shower._
   - _Fans who hang out for a new album sometimes wait years between releases._

## Phrasal verb

5. To stand firm and refuse to give way; to hold out. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To refuse to give in or change your mind.
   - _The last tenant hung out against the developers long after her neighbors had sold._
   - _Few strikers could afford to hang out against the company once winter came._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/hang-out (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).