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Answer for the clue "Hung out ", 8 letters:
loitered

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loiter \Loi"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loitered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loitering .] [D. leuteren to delay, loiter; cf; Prov. G. lottern to be louse, lotter louse, slack, unsettled, vagrant, OHG. lotar.] To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: loiter )

Usage examples of loitered.

Although she had not met this man in the months she had loitered in the regnal palace, she knew that her arrival had surely been gossiped about from the lowest halls to the highest.

He got a spade and pail from a nearby shed and then loitered near the kitchen door.

Overcome with greed, he remained silent and loitered behind until his companions were out of sight.

He loitered outside a warehouse where several workmen were loading a large wagon.

He loitered on the fringe, not quite accepted, never able to push himself forward to join with the others.

Within the suite a small group of attendants loitered and with gestures offered to bathe their hands and feet, to set up a chessboard, to settle them on divans piled with pillows so that they could rest.

A hedge of cypress hid the colonnade on the opposite side of the courtyard, but several stout monks loitered there.

Three stocky young Quman men loitered under the angled awning, gazes fixed on the griffins, but after a moment Liath saw that Fulk was pointing toward two men standing in the shadow cast by the tent.

In truth, each poor soldier he faced, however briefly, seemed incapable of grasping his peril amidst the dust and chaos, as if they loitered there expressly to be cut down in their confusion.

He loitered about the park for half an hour until he saw her stop and reach into the pouch on her bike.

Her cab waited as she loitered about the lobby to make sure they were checked in.

Most of the local bar suddenly had pressing business in the courtroom and loitered about.

He sometimes loitered in the hallway as the guests were arriving for the personal visits, and he sometimes loitered there as they left.

They loitered at various points along Rua Tiradentes, dressed like the locals, drinking tea in the shade, avoiding the sun, eating ice cream, talking to the children, watching his house.

The orderly loitered nearby, smiling pleasantly, the way he did for every patient.