Hung around (8)
I believe the answer is:
loitered
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">hung around</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('loiter' can be a synonym of 'hang around')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for loitered that I've seen before include "Hung around idly, dawdled" , "Stood about idly" , "dilly-dallied" , "Dallied" , "Hung about, with intent perhaps" .)