hang out
phrasal verb·1 sense·particle out
Meanings
Spend time in a relaxed way, often with friends
Why “out”? Someone leaves home to eat, meet people, or enjoy free time.
“We hang out at the park.”
“They hang out after school.”
Memory hook
You're just hanging around, relaxed, with no plan — you hang out.
Common mistake
Let's hang out at this Saturday.
Let's hang out this Saturday.
No at before this Saturday.
Natural collocations
The word partners “hang out” most often appears with — learn the phrase, not just the verb.
Don't confuse with
Hang out means spend relaxed time with people. Hang up means end a phone call.
Test yourself
“We hang out at the park.” What does it mean?
Nearby in the meaning map
Sink In connects verbs by particle pattern, contrast pairs, and shared base verbs.
hang up
A contrast learners often mix up
End a phone call
ask out
Same out pattern: social out
Invite someone on a romantic date
eat out
Same out pattern: social out
Have a meal at a restaurant
get out
Same out pattern: social out
Leave a room, car or building; Become known publicly, often by accident; Leave home to meet people or enjoy free time; Manage to escape from a situation; Remove a stain or mark from something; Produce or manage to say words; Publish or release something to the public
go out
Same out pattern: social out
Leave to socialise or travel; Stop burning or producing light from a flame
take out
Same out pattern: social out
Remove something from inside; Invite someone to go somewhere socially; Borrow from a library
hang about
Same base verb: hang
Spend time waiting or loitering somewhere
hang around
Same base verb: hang
Stay nearby without a purpose; Stay in a place without doing much; Spend time with a person or group regularly
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