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Meaning of bang around | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To make a lot of percussive noise while moving around.
    intransitive
  2. To spend time in a place; to linger.
    transitive
  3. To beat up, often over time or repeatedly.
    transitive

Examples

“She banged around with those tools all night.”
“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.”
“He's been banging her around since they got married.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

bang away bang down the door bang into bang like a dunny door bang like a dunny door in a gale bang like a shithouse door

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