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To stay, linger or loiter.
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If you hang around after the show, you can meet the cast.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
More phrases:
- hang on
- kick around
- put away
- put by
- run away
- scrape off
- sneak up on
- answer on a postcard
- been there, done that
- bury the hatchet
- by heart
- by hook or by crook
- cooking with gas
- cross someone's path
- cutting edge
- deafening silence
- dig deep
- fly off the handle
- from time to time
- get a jump on
- get off
- get one's act together
- go bananas
- go out on a limb
- gold mine
- heart of gold
- in one hell of a hurry
- kiss of death
- lucky break
- mind one's own business
- move heaven and earth
- no joy
- nugget of truth
- on its merits
- one-off
- out of house and home
- out of order
- out of order
- out of the blue
- own up
- pass on
- point the finger at
- pound sand
- put one over
- put the clock back
- quarter past
- ride roughshod over
- run into the ground
- save face
- scare the pants off of
- second banana
- see someone through
- seize the day
- shape up
- smack of
- spill one's guts
- stars in one's eyes
- sure of oneself
- take a bullet
- take one's time
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