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to go hang

to go hang

14 9.1
To spend time relaxing with friends or alone without a plan
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
translation icon : pasar el rato
  • Hey, do you want to go hang out and get some food?
  • Let's go hang
  • wanna go hang
  • want to go hang

But then you might realize, well, she likes to go for six hour walks and I like to go hang with the guys all day.

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Examples

  • Why don't you just go hang out in the greenroom for about 15 minutes, okay?

    Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)

  • Yeah, I'm going to go hang out with him.

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • And now we're just probably going to go hang out at my house.

  • So we decided to go hang out with some friends.

    3 Days to Kill (2014)

  • And so he'll get a chance to go hang out with ET.

  • So Julian had gone out to the West Side to go hang out with his friends for, like, a Saturday night or whatever.

  • I'll tell you what, go hang out with Mommy for a little while, help out with the baby.

    Act of Valor (2012)

  • Good luck getting everything done; I'm so jealous that you get to go hang out there!

    Blog text (2)

  • I'm just going to go hang out with my parents and my grandparents are in town so I'm going to go see them.

  • Do you want to go hang out with us at the park this afternoon?

Synonyms

to hang out
vsto go hang
  • Informal
946 2.4

To spend time relaxing or talking with friends

is about relaxing idly rather than specifically socializing with others
to hang around
vsto go hang
  • Informal
407 2.0

To stay in a place without doing anything important

focuses on relaxing informally rather than merely staying in one place
to sit around
vsto go hang
  • Informal
350 1.1

To spend time sitting and doing very little without a clear purpose

is about idle informal time not only about sitting still
to chill
vsto go hang
  • Informal
223 4.0

To relax and do very little

focuses on spending time idly rather than only feeling relaxed
to lie around
vsto go hang
  • Informal
43 3.7

To spend time doing nothing useful

means relaxing informally rather than implying unproductive or lazy judgement
to laze
vsto go hang
7 4.3

To spend time relaxing and doing very little

emphasizes spending time idly rather than simply the act of relaxing
to let it all hang out
vsto go hang
  • Informal
7 8.2

To relax completely and show your true feelings without holding back

means spending idle time informally rather than behaving without restraint
to lounge around
vsto go hang
  • Informal
5 3.8

To relax and do very little

is broader, meaning idle time without stressing comfortable laziness
hangin
vsto go hang
  • Informal
5 9.9

Spending time relaxing with friends

is the standard form for the same idea rather than informal spelling
to hang about
vsto go hang
  • UK
3 4.4

To stay in a place without a clear reason

covers informal idle spending of time rather than just lingering or waiting
to lounge about
vsto go hang
  • UK
1 3.4

To spend time lazily doing little or nothing

is about relaxing informally rather than only being idle without aim
to loll around
vsto go hang
  • Informal
1 4.4

To spend time doing very little and relaxing

is about idle informal time rather than the specific lazy posture

How Relaxed

to rest
816 1.0
to chill out
  • Informal
99 4.9
to go hang
  • Informal
14 9.1
to take a break
496 1.4
to hang around
  • Informal
407 2.0

Surface Forms

go hang infinitive
went hang past
gone hang past participle
going hang present participle
go hangs third person singular

Morphology

go + hang

The meaning 'to relax or spend time idly' follows directly from composing 'go' (move to a state/place) with 'hang' (linger, spend time); it is essentially a reduced form of 'go hang out'. This verb + verb composition and the notion of going to linger is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will very likely infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

The expression go hang comes from the idea of hang out. Imagine a coat on a line, simply hanging and doing nothing. That's why go hang means 'to relax or spend time idly'.