hang out

Meaning

To hang out means to spend casual, unstructured time with friends or family without a specific agenda. It is an informal expression used when you are just relaxing, chatting, or passing time together. You can use it as a verb or as a noun (a hangout).

Examples

• Do you want to hang out at the mall this weekend?

  Do you want to hang out at the mall this weekend?

• We usually just hang out at Mike's house and play video games.

  We usually just hang out at Mike's house and play video games.

• I don't feel like going to a party; let's just hang out here.

  I don't feel like going to a party; let's just hang out here.

• She loves hanging out with her coworkers after office hours.

  She loves hanging out with her coworkers after office hours.

• They spent the entire afternoon hanging out by the pool.

  They spent the entire afternoon hanging out by the pool.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I am going to hang out with my computer tonight.

  ✓ I am going to use my computer tonight.

  The phrase 'hang out' is used for spending social time with people, not for interacting with objects or completing solo tasks.

• ✗ We made a hang out yesterday.

  ✓ We hung out yesterday.

  To describe the action of spending time together in the past, use the past tense verb 'hung out' instead of treating it as a noun with 'made'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• We should definitely ___ sometime next week.

  💡 Spend casual time together.

  Show answer

  hang out

• I spent the whole Saturday just ___ with my cousins.

  💡 Use the -ing form.

  Show answer

  hanging out