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hang (something)

A phrase used when one is being dismissive of something. Primarily heard in UK. Oh, hang the cost—I just need any hotel room you have. Hang the details? I'm an investigative reporter, I can't hang the details! A: "Do you see how much these flights cost?" B: "Well, we have to go to this wedding, so we'll have to hang the expense too."
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hang

verb

hang

in. to hang around; to spend time aimlessly. My mom yelled at me because I spent all day hanging with the guys.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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So I decided to carry my pain as I hang. When I say "pain" I do not mean pain like a pain in the hand.
At the beginning, I could hang for only 10 seconds.
Winter tree decorating projects are for all denominations, since all children love to hang items such as their creations of painted CDs, decorated playing cards and potato chip bags.
Artists who hang finds and creations need studios, places to shop for materials and ideas, recognition and reminders of their many related play experiences.
Let freedom ring As much as you like being alone with your guy, you two will be spending hang time with his crew, too.
For him, the season of the year, the type of art shown and the number of artists on view are all important considerations, and he hangs his gallery accordingly.
For whatever reason, today's kids simply don't have what a friend of mine calls" dink time" - time to hang around the yard doing nothing.
You should be with a dude who likes to hang with you...but all the time?
BF: An episode that also happens in A Sport of Nature, where there's a schoolchild who hangs herself.
OVER IT Whitney, 12, says her friends "love to exclude others at lunch and on the bus." She kept them as friends but now hangs out with other girls, too: "I found friends who aren't wanna-be's." April, 12, was in the same sitch: "I'm in seventh grade, and now I hang with eighth-and-ninth graders.
In the austere and rather witty River Rouge and Grace, a primitive chalicelike form hangs from an unevenly woven ochre grid, surrounded and crossed by wonderful little mudballs.
BFF DILEMMA OF THE MONTH Whenever my BFF comes over to my house she totally ignores me and hangs out with my older brother
Hang out with him, while you guys get to know each other better.