bang around

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Verb

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bang around (third-person singular simple present bangs around, present participle banging around, simple past and past participle banged around)

  1. (intransitive) To make a lot of percussive noise while moving around.
    She banged around with those tools all night.
  2. (transitive) To spend time in a place; to linger.
    After meeting up with Simon, the two of us banged around the neighborhood.
    This issue has been banging around in the popular imagination for a while.
  3. (transitive) To beat up, often over time or repeatedly.
    He's been banging her around since they got married.

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