hang out
[verb]
Synonyms: reside, abide, bide, dig, dwell, live, frequent, affect, hang around, haunt, resort

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

hang out phrasal verb (see also hang)

1. informal to spend a lot of time in a particular place or with particular people
hang out with
I don’t really know who she hangs out with.
Where do the youngsters hang out? ⇒ hangout

2. hang something ↔ out to hang clothes outside in order to dry them:
My job was to hang out the washing.
Hang the wet things out to dry.

3. let it all hang out informal to relax and do what you like

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

hang out
• hang out (somewhere/with someone)
spend one's time with no great purpose, spend leisure time with friends
Recently my friend has been hanging out with a group of people who are not a good influence on him.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

hang out
v.
1. slang To spend your time idly or lounging about.
The teacher complained that Joe was hanging out in poolrooms instead of doing his homework.
Compare: HANG AROUND¹.
2. slang To live; reside.
Two policemen stopped the stranger and asked him where he hung out.
3. To reach out farther than the part below.
The branches of the trees hung out over the road.
The upper floor of that house hangs out above the first.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲