Wiktionary
be around
vb. 1 (context idiomatic lang=en intransitive) To be alive, existent, or present. 2 (context idiomatic lang=en transitive) To be near; to socialize with.
Usage examples of "be around".
He kept saying he was so ashamed, and I ended up trying to comfort him, and all the time I'm thinking, There's got to be a mistake here, Bill can't be dead, my brother was supposed to be around for as long as I needed him.
Tak apparently didn't like to be around when its host moved his bowels.