Associate and Hang

Associate

Associate verb - To come or be together as friends.

Usage example: a socially ambitious couple who joined the country club in order to associate with the right sort of people

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Hang and associate are semantically related. in socialize topic. In some cases you can use "Hang" instead a verb "Associate".

Hang verb - To place on an elevated point without support from below.

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Associate and hang are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Associate" instead a verb "Hang".

Nearby Words: hangup, hanging, hangout, hanger, hanged

name	associate name	hang name
line	associate line	hang line

Vice Guy: Walter is heavily implied to drink, gamble, hang out at shady pool-bars, associate with low class criminals, ruffians and thugs, casually date (and bang) many sexually loose young women, and hang out with black servants.

Source: Literature / Alice Adams
In Kick-Ass, Stuck up Katie will only associate with Dave because she thinks nerdy, unpopular Dave is gay (a fact that Dave has shamelessly exploited in order to be allowed to hang out with the woman he crushes on).

Source: Gay Best Friend
The son, obviously, is very annoyed, tells her to hang up, and the female associate is flabbergasted that she tells him that she should end the phone conversation, but he pleads her not to disconnect.

Source: Amazingly Embarrassing Parents

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