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Verb
▲
To stay in the same place, position or level
stay
remain
abide
linger
tarry
dwell
wait
loiter
reside
hover
dally
haunt
dawdle
live
roam
stick around
hang out
hang about
lie around
pass time
spend time
waste time
kick your heels
rest
bide
hang round
stay put
lodge
sit tight
stop
anticipate
survive
kill time
mooch around
mooch about
while away time
cling on
die slowly
standby
carry on
cling to life
be protracted
procrastinate
drag
mope
lollygag
lallygag
diddle
shilly-shally
dillydally
crawl
creep
poke
temporiseUK
tail
temporizeUS
filibuster
trail
tool
hesitate
put off
take one's time
warm a chair
goof around
stop over
drag your feet
lose time
take your time
get no place fast
drag one's feet
more ❯
“No doubt he was wondering what kind of client wanted to hang around until three in the morning, but he didn't ask.”
Verb
▲
To spend time with someone or a group of people
associate
consort
fraterniseUK
fraternizeUS
hobnob
run
company
chum
socialiseUK
socializeUS
mingle
mix
consociate
hang
accompany
befriend
pal
join
hang out
pal around
hook up
keep company
hang about
rub shoulders
mess around
rub elbows
hang round
go around
knock about
run around
spend time
knock around
go out
chum around
have dealings
be thick
attend
clique with
bear
tie up with
chum together
gang up with
carry
chaperon
conduct
throw in together
pool
come together
spend time with
get in on
line up with
amalgamate
get in with
tie in
bunch up
string along with
be involved with
swing with
join up with
truck with
go partners
gang up
go along with
play footsie with
get into
assort
tie up
be friends
frequent
be in cahoots
work with
buddy up
escort
usher
shepherd
see
companion
network
go with
follow
lead
guide
chaperone
squire
guard
pilot
assist
help
entertain
club
come along
make advances
tag along
go along
make the rounds
get about
partner
protect
take
meet people
show
shadow
show someone the way
lead the way
communalize
nationaliseUK
nationalizeUS
drive
herd
serve
schmooze
wait on
defend
intersperse
flank
associate with others
make contacts
converse
consort with others
work the room
move around
safeguard
watch
shield
meet and greet
exchange cards
introduce yourself
get out
party
collaborate
go together with
cooperate
be a good mixer
get out and about
have people round
team up
come with
link up
join forces
work together
travel with
steer
hold someone's hand
draftUS
show about
shlep along
look after
show around
drag
string along
draughtUK
dog
stick to
take out
date
spook
tailgate
bear someone company
keep someone company
tag along with
more ❯
“They hang around with former presidents, smoke fat stogies, and drink from silver goblets.”
Verb
▲
Idle away time
waste time
dilly-dally
fritter away
hang about
lag behind
plod
burn daylight
dally
dawdle
delay
dillydally
fiddle about
fritter away time
goof off
kill time
linger
loiter
lollygag
lose time
pass the time
piddle
procrastinate
shilly-shally
take one's own sweet time
take one's time
tarry
while away the time
wait
lag
drag
more ❯
Verb
▲
To spend time sitting idle, not doing anything important
sit around
do nothing
hang out
kill time
lounge around
be idle
be unoccupied
waste time
hang about
hang round
twiddle one's thumbs
sit it out
have nothing to do
not lift a finger
sit on one's hands
kick one's heels
Verb
▲
Be associated with
stay with
be associated with
hang around with
hang out with
remain with
stick around
Verb
▲
Avoid work
goof off
avoid work
bum around
coast
diddle
dog it
doodle
drag one's feet
featherbed
fiddle around
fluff off
fool around
hang out
horse around
lollygag
mess around
monkey around
putz around
screw off
shirk
slack
take it easy
Verb
▲
To spend time companionably
knock about
drift
hang
hang about
knock around
ramble
range
rove
traipse
travel
walk
wander
roam
meander
cruise
maunder
gallivant
mooch
bat
galavant
gad about
float
kick around
stroll
amble
gad
stray
stravaig
straggle
mosey
struggle along
leg it
hoof it
stomp
pound
stamp
foot it
sashay
hoof
trample
foot
swagger
progress
clump
trog
gallop
hop
putter
crawl
stumble
trip
slough
flounder
flog
mope
galumph
lump
scuffle
barge
breeze
navigate
ride
loiter
skip
trot
make one's way
get
climb
stream
waltz
pass
flounce
glide
jog
voyage
cover
come
get some exercise
get some air
ankle
percolate
linger
forge
drill
crush
swank
stretch your legs
mince
creep
take a stroll
transit
course
track
follow
wend
drag oneself
hit the bricks
do
migrate
walk heavily
limp
pound the pavement
drag
lurch
shift
go for a stroll
cut across
take Shanks's pony
proceed along
pass through
patter
pitter-patter
go from place to place
troll
goose step
storm
striddle
pilgrimage
gander
boogie
ooze
tarry
trill
back-pack
walk purposefully
walk casually
scramble
descend
ascend
tiptoe
stooge
crowd
flock
be on the move
be on the trail
go around
truck
champ
totter
bumble
struggle
blunder
swing
dance
bounce
leap
go forward
go up
press on
go down
dodder
loll
waddle
toil
walk up and down
march up and down
showboat
find one's way
pick one's way
wind one's way
traik
sprauchle
skulk
walk back and forth
walk to and fro
thud
stodge
go by foot
move forward
move about
throng
swarm
clomp
wallow
schlepp
plod along
jump
fly
sprint
scamper
scurry
scuttle
bolt
posture
show off
drag your feet
go slowly
scuff one's feet
shilly-shally
go for a constitutional
surge
spill
peacock
walk over
negotiate
grandstand
play to audience
walk arrogantly
put on airs
walk confidently
ply
fare
go across
bridge
travel over
process
span
circumnavigate
come along
mount
go along
get along
boot
funnel
get on
space
debouch
dash
snake
go off
zoom
rush
quarter
intersect
go over
crisscross
journey over
get across
make your way across
bisect
transverse
journey across
decussate
travel across
move over
drive
junket
take a trip
transmit
sail
tear along
speed up
hightail it
move out
overnight
go round
move round
stand
continue
set out
set forth
cover ground
go riding
get through
wend your way
inch
slip
sneak
press
steal
nose
walk in single file
make a journey
take a plane
go into orbit
take a boat
take a train
slink
beat
bear
blow
flatten
squash
sidle
back
hammer
budge
stir
draw
trample on
step on
walk all over
stamp on
tramp on
stomp on
be carried
make it
change position
make a move
more ❯
Verb
▲
To physically go along with
follow
accompany
go with
come along with
go along with
tag along with
travel with
attend
escort
go together with
hang out with
stick to
go around with
keep company
shlep along with
string along with
trail around with
chaperon
convoy
come with
tag along
conduct
guide
lead
usher
chaperone
see
take
companion
show
safeguard
defend
route
watch
shield
watch over
carry
oversee
supervise
screen
shelter
mind
consort with
bear
take care of
drive
keep an eye on
flank
manoeuvreUK
maneuverUS
mentor
counsel
coach
tutor
show the way
propel
convey
trailblaze
send
move
belead
transport
nanny
mother
nursemaid
monitor
keep from harm
cover
secure
police
preserve
patrol
save
barricade
bar
ward
forfend
bulwark
blockade
fend
keep
fence
man
occupy
fortify
garrison
baby-sit
keep safe
wall off
shotgun
see after
close off
stand guard over
keep in view
observe
lookout
cover up
ride shotgun for
block off
stonewall
superintend
tend
keep under surveillance
more ❯
Verb
▲
Continue, endure
hold on
wait
hang on
remain here
stay here
stay put
tarry
hang about
hold the line
just a moment
just a second
sit tight
stick around
wait a minute
hold your horses
persevere
loiter
hold out
go on
keep it up
grasp
carry on
continue
cling on
keep a hold on
persist
stick it out
grip
be tough
linger
remain
latch on
see it through
clutch
kick your heels
hold fast
endure
cling
Verb
▲
Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
vegetate
idle
languish
loaf
stagnate
laze
lounge
loll
molderUS
moulderUK
slouch
be inactive
degenerate
deteriorate
do nothing
exist
laze about
laze around
lounge about
loaf about
loaf around
loll about
loll around
lollygag
lounge around
slouch about
slouch around
slummock
decay
hang about
hang round
hibernate
mooch about
mooch around
veg out
weaken
bat about
bat around
bum around
go to seed
kill time
pass time
sit around
be inert
go to pot
twiddle your thumbs
fritter
while
slack
dawdle
dally
dillydally
skive
chill
lazy
potter
bum
loiter
bludge
drone
footle
hang out
sit back
kick back
fool around
while away
take it easy
mark time
waste time
bob off
goof off
kick one's heels
fritter away
lay on one's oars
hack around
rest on one's oars
sit back and do nothing
slow down
kick around
kick your heels
decline
rust
rot
fall
fester
trammel
stand still
lie dormant
stall
become stagnant
stultify
constipate
be sluggish
stifle
go bad
go rancid
not move
go off
be idle
go stale
come to a halt
grind to a halt
lie fallow
more ❯
Verb
▲
Delay or be delayed in taking action or progressing
hang fire
delay
cease
discontinue
halt
hang back
pause
procrastinate
stall
stop
vacillate
hold back
hold on
hang about
sit tight
adopt Fabian tactics
hesitate
dither
waver
shrink back
stagger
wobble
drag your heels
shy away
hover
lag
wabble
demur
straggle
stay back
drag your feet
hold off
linger
falter
be reluctant to come forward
scruple
shilly-shally
stay in the background
teeter
Verb
▲
Go along for the ride
string along
go along
join in
stick around
tag along
take part
go along for the ride
Verb
▲
(of a person or animal) To move about restlessly and stealthily, especially in search of prey
prowl
cruise
hunt
range
roam
rove
scavenge
skulk
slink
sneak
stalk
steal
move stealthily
creep
ghost
lurk
nose
patrol
pussyfoot
sidle
snake
snoop
stroll
tramp
nose around
lie in wait
slip
slide
mooch
tiptoe
wriggle
skid
skate
move
move quietly
tread
sinuate
grovel
belly
squirm
wind
insinuate oneself
move lightly
shelter
masquerade
conceal
harbourUK
harborUS
duck
stay out of sight
guide
maneuverUS
steer
squeeze
manoeuvreUK
work
induce
remove
handle
extricate
right
push gently
nose one's way
advance slowly
slip by
advance stealthily
ease oneself
slip past
move slowly
ease one's way
inch one's way
move carefully
pick one's way
worm one's way
draw out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way
loll
lounge
flop
loaf
relax
slump
sprawl
laze
slouch
idle
lie
recline
rest
repose
sit
bask
bum
chill
dally
dawdle
dillydally
drone
footle
lazy
lean
luxuriate
drape oneself
hang about
kick back
outspan
stretch oneself
vegetate
goof off
hack around
kick around
lean back
loiter
slack
slacken
veg out
hang round
take it easy
hang loose
hang out
lie back
kill time
waste time
lie around
pass time
fritter away time
potter
stall
trifle
goldbrick
lounge around
fritter away
twiddle your thumbs
sit around
while away the time
fool around
saunter
skive
drift
unwind
mooch
malinger
lie about
do nothing
lounge about
loll around
bum around
slow down
pass the time
idle away time
fill in time
twiddle thumbs
chill out
consume time
sit on one's hands
idle away the hours
while away hours
be inactive
be slothful
knock around
stand around
be unoccupied
amuse oneself
not lift a finger
mess around
be indolent
vacillate
fritter
futz
stroll
stagnate
piddle
shirk
evade
dream
hang
fritter time away
chillax
mess about
fiddle around
make yourself at home
languish
lie dormant
amble
moon
wander
stooge
twiddle one's thumbs
droop
be idle
remain
wait
linger
stay
haunt
frequent
hover
shirk one's duties
take things easy
mooch around
let down
mooch about
laze around
bat
lollygag
meander
daydream
veg
take five
take a break
take a breather
put your feet up
doss
loaf about
loll about
loaf around
kick your heels
piddle around
piddle about
mark time
while away the hours
fool away
do nothing in particular
laze about
unbend
de-stress
slack off
sit back
be at leisure
stretch out
loosen up
play
take time off
ease off
ease up
entertain oneself
enjoy oneself
stay loose
let it all hang out
unbutton
let up
take time out
extend
drape
straddle
wind down
lie down
mellow out
lie spread-eagle
decompress
stand down
let yourself go
cool off
be calm
settle back
take your ease
put one's feet up
straggle
ramble
trail
stretch
spread
spread-eagle
quieten down
quieten
calm down
quiet down
unlax
couch
compose oneself
take one's time
knock off
have a break
breathe easy
simmer down
stop work
let your hair down
collect oneself
make less tense
lighten up
feel at home
let oneself go
make oneself at home
take ten
take one's leisure
tilt back
drape oneself over
let one's hair down
take one's ease
cover
be recumbent
collapse
drape yourself
be prostrate
be supine
spread out
extend over
stretch over
nap
sleep
doze
snooze
pause
drowse
slumber
catnap
zizz
kip
get some kip
take a siesta
be comfortable
lie still
have a snooze
take a nap
have a nap
take life easy
get some shut-eye
catch some Zs
nod off
refresh yourself
have a siesta
go to bed
recharge one's batteries
have a rest
refresh oneself
put feet up
lie by
be at ease
have a kip
have a spell
take a rest
snatch forty winks
have forty winks
sit down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To behave or spend time in a frivolous way
fool around
doodle
fiddle around
fribble
mess around
play
trifle
goof around
hang about
kick around
monkey around
potter around
putter around
clown
dawdle
footle
futz
idle
lark
lollygag
potter
fiddle about
fool about
kill time
mess about
muck about
play around
waste time
act the fool
horse around
more ❯
Verb
▲
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried
mope
brood
sulk
fret
pine
pout
idle
languish
moon
despair
grieve
grump
repine
be gloomy
ache
be dejected
be despondent
be miserable
be sad
bleed
chafe
despond
grumble
lament
regret
sink
yearn
be apathetic
eat your heart out
lose heart
pine away
stew over
sweat over
waste time
have a long face
be down in the dumps
be in a funk
eat one's heart out
go about like a half-shut knife
be down in the mouth
wear a long face
be in a brown study
wince
contort
make a face
glare
deform
misshape
look daggers
give a dirty look
give someone a death stare
twist
quirk
screw up
glout
glunch
contortion
look stern
cloud up
give the evil eye
knit your brow
do a slow burn
knit your brows
give someone dirty looks
knit brows
furrow one's brows
disapprove
look daggers at
sneer
look angrily at
mug
mouth
gurn
distort
smirk
make faces
make a wry face
screw up one's face
more ❯
Verb
▲
Fail to act resolutely or decisively
shilly-shally
dither
falter
hesitate
vacillate
waver
teeter
fluctuate
balance
be irresolute
dilly-dally
halt
haver
oscillate
scruple
stagger
wabble
wobble
be indecisive
be uncertain
be undecided
be unsure
swither
be doubtful
dodge
hang back
procrastinate
stall
trifle
blow hot and cold
hang about
hum and haw
mess around
waste time
hem and haw
sit on the fence
um and ah
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be a regular patron or visitor of
haunt
frequent
patroniseUK
patronizeUS
visit
affect
habituate
hang at
infest
prowl
repair
resort
resort to
roam
visit regularly
linger in
loiter in
repair to
hang about
hang about in
hang around in
hang out
hang out in
hang round in
lurk in
skulk in
tarry at
be a regular client of
be a regular in
be a regular visitor to
spend time in
attend
hit
revisit
overrun
go to
visit often
attend regularly
spend time at
hang around at
attend frequently
hang out at
be a regular customer of
drop in to
be found at
show up often at
go to regularly
be at home in
spend all of one's time in
go to repeatedly
be often in
pay a visit to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To meet or come together at an agreed time and place
assemble
gather
collect
meet
congregate
convene
foregather
rally
muster
accumulate
cluster
concentreUK
concenterUS
concentrate
conglomerate
converge
flock
forgather
rendezvous
huddle
reunite
flock together
get together
come together
gang up
meet up
hang out
crowd
group
convoke
swarm
mob
throng
congress
teem
mass
mobiliseUK
herd
mobilizeUS
gather together
cluster together
gather round
make the scene
collect together
pull together
pour in
show up
bunch
pack
pile
amass
unite
combine
mingle
crowd together
press
merge
associate
bundle
cram
stream
troop
surge
jam
gang around
form a group
corral
mill
join
connect
coincide
intersect
push
band together
clump
raise
organizeUS
heap
seethe
hive
squeeze
bunch up
focus
organiseUK
make contact
enter in
meet privately
be reunited
crush
join up
marshalUK
marshallUS
rush
move
besiege
lump
crowd around
cross
concur
touch
focalize
encounter
appear
show
sit
consort
be presented
be present
consolidate
form
socializeUS
be closeted
bind
arrange
truss
link up
harmoniseUK
cram somewhere
pack somewhere
socialiseUK
link
line up
brigade
pool
integrate
meet behind closed doors
funnel
coalesce
stack
pile up
pull
round up
collate
hook up
stuff
harmonizeUS
compile
make friends
pair off
see each other
have a meeting
take up with
aggroup
load
fasten together
bring together
fill
brim
charge
bend
powwow
consult
parley
discuss
cower
confer
hug
flood
ram
flow
be full
be numerous
move in a crowd
gather like bees
be alive with
be overrun
be packed
rush together
be alive
overrun
huddle up
press close
draw together
throng together
snuggle up
chock
swamp
bear
elbow
overcrowd
deluge
shove
sardine
squash
squish
justle
congest
jam-pack
pack 'em in
pack like sardines
top off
more ❯
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