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hang around with sb

(UK also hang about with sb) phrasal verb with hang
 
 
/hæŋ/ verb

Definition

to spend time with someone: I got into drugs because I was hanging around with the wrong people.Being, becoming friends and getting to know someone
(Definition of hang around with sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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