hang out

1. 1.

   spend time in a certain location or with certain people

   “She hangs out at the corner cafe”

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Questions about hang out

What does hang out mean?

hang out means "spend time in a certain location or with certain people".

Is hang out a common word?

hang out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.