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Definition

To chinwag; to talk idly.

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In Context

  • "1976-1977, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I didn't get what this group therapy was all about, it seemed to me it was just a bunch of people shooting the bull."
  • "Shooting the bull with Benny and Elvira while Nelson skitters around out there in the lake of rooftops, selling used cars like hotcakes."
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Related Idioms

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shoot the breeze

To chat idly or generally waste time talking.

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talk about the weather

To chit-chat; to shoot the breeze.

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shoot off at the mouth

To boast, or brag, or talk too much.

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throw the bull around

Synonym of shoot the breeze.

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throw the bull

To chat idly.

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flap one's gums

To speak idly; to talk without effect.
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