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hang about

verb
  1. To linger, loiter, or stay. (informal) · If you hang about after the show, you can meet the cast.
  2. Especially in the form to hang about with (someone): to spend time or be friends with. (informal) · My daughter likes to hang about with older kids after school.
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You see, I argued that if Drebber and his companion had become separated, the natural course for the latter would be to put up somewhere in the vicinity for the night, and then to hang about the station again next morning.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 67 · B2

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