Hang around
Hang around verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Poke and hang around are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poke" instead a verb "Hang around".
Poke
Poke verb - To move or act slowly.
Usage example: just poked around all morning and didn't accomplish much
Hang around and poke are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hang around" instead a verb "Poke".
Both terms in one sentence
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Although Pratchett hasn't seen fit to pull this off on Discworld (yet), one of his footnotes does poke fun at this trope, remarking that so many aliens seem to hang around isolated backwoods roads, waiting to abduct humans, that they keep screwing up and abducting one another.
Source: Alien Abduction
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Poke and Hang around. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hang_around/poke
Hang around & Poke. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hang_around/poke>.
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