bang around

Verb

 * 1)  To make a lot of percussive noise while moving around.
 * She banged around with those tools all night.
 * 1)  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 awhile.
 * 1)  To beat up, often over time or repeatedly.
 * He's been banging her around since they got married.